Holtzclaw Lake, Shelby County, Alabama

Holtzclaw Lake, Shelby County, Alabama

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     Holtzclaw Lake is next to Lake Melaken Dam which is a beautiful spot beyond doubt worth visiting; get your pulse rate up on the splendid whitewater of Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork. Lake Melaken is a perfect lake close to Holtzclaw Lake, and Johnson Mountain can be seen from Holtzclaw Lake. This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Holtzclaw Lake has to offer, you can camp at Pelham Koa Kampground, and you're sure to come across
some wonderful people from Birmingham-Hoover here.
A lot of precipitation falls at Holtzclaw Lake; the month of March is the wettest with most of the rain, and October on the other hand is the driest. For the duration of the summertime, highs generally are in the 90's at Holtzclaw Lake. When the night sets in temperatures fall down into the 60's. Highs all through the winter are generally in the 50's while the cold winter nights at Holtzclaw Lake are in the 30's.

             Be careful coming to Holtzclaw Lake, you might not ever want to return home again. A great nearby hotel is Travelodge Pelham Birmingham, and since you're here you can play some golf at Ballantrae Golf Club.
A striking lake like Wyatt Lake next to Holtzclaw Lake is a good location to visit, and Big Sucker Brook is one of the streams close by that might be worth going to. After a long day outdoors Value Place Pelham is a great place to spend a night or two, and you can run the rapids of Cahaba River. This lake is so wonderful. Fungo Hollow is a great place to stop at in the vicinity of Holtzclaw Lake. There's so much to do here at Holtzclaw Lake that you need to camp here for a while, KOA Birmingham South is a pleasant location for that.

Travelodge Pelham Birmingham, Pelham
2 miles away
The Travelodge Pelham Birmingham, past recipient of the Pelham Landscape Beautification award, is easily accessible from I-65, Ex. 246. We are adjacent to the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre and Pelham Civ...

Value Place Pelham, Pelham
3 miles away
Value Place is an extended-stay hotel. Our rates are priced for a minimum one week stay, and are not adjusted to a daily rate if the stay is less than one week. When your stay goes into the next week,...

Current weather conditions at Holtzclaw Lake, Shelby County, Alabama
Local climate location: BESSEMER 15 miles away

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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.28889
Longitude: -86.78417

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These outdoors activities are available near Holtzclaw Lake.

Hotels Near Holtzclaw Lake:

Travelodge Pelham Birmingham, Pelham, 2 miles away

Value Place Pelham, Pelham, 3 miles away

Best Western At Oak Mountain, Pelham, 3 miles away

Sleep Inn Pelham, Pelham, 3 miles away

Quality Inn Pelham, Pelham, 3 miles away

Camp Grounds Near Holtzclaw Lake:

Pelham Koa Kampground, Pelham, 2 miles away

KOA Birmingham South, Pelham, 2 miles away

Holiday Trav-L-Park, Helena, 5 miles away

City of Hoover RV Park, Hoover, 6 miles away

Whitewater Near Holtzclaw Lake:

Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class III+ - 1.5 miles long (Ivy Branch to Old Highway 280)

Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 16 miles away
      Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill)

Golf Courses Near Holtzclaw Lake:

Ballantrae Golf Club, Pelham, 3 miles away

Ballantrae Golf Club, Alabaster, 4 miles away

Lakes Near Holtzclaw Lake:

Lake Melaken, Shelby CountyCounty, 0 miles away

Wyatt Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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KOA Birmingham South

Just stopped here on our way north from the Florida panhandle.? Great stopover spot, extemely convenient to I-65.? Clean, neat campground, great bathrooms and showers, friendly, well-informed staff, and the area has all the basics travelers like us are interested in---food, shopping, RV stores, food, food, etc.? I know this would also be a nice spot for a longer stay....

Cahaba River

15 miles away
...lass II rating I only encountered four areas where the river produced what I would call true rapids. Most of these areas were short two to three foot falls followed by a run produced by the current. And one was just a long series of wide wave trains. I did enjoy the rapids but even a novice paddler with a few trips under their belt could handle this section. The only bad part was the long flats inbetween the rapids. I was lucky in that I timed my trip two days after a heavy rain so the current was nice and steady. If not for that I would have been exhausted from paddling across the flats. Luckily the scenery is good and there is plenty of wildlife to enjoy. The put in at Lovic bridge is tricky. Its a pretty steep grade and full of mud and sand. I ended up just getting in my canoe and slidding down the hill into the water. Thats a good way to flip so take a friend and you could rope your boat down much easier. The take out at Grants Mill is alot nicer. It has a nice gravel parking lot and a concrete ramp down to the river with a concrete docking pad in the water. You NEED to go look a...