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Best Western Mountain Brook is a splendid place to get some rest, and Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork has a fine whitewater paddling spot close by. This lake is so wonderful. A quick journey to Coal Branch near Lake Dixie is a wonderful idea. You'll locate a wonderful lake called Fletcher Estate Lake near Lake Dixie, and since you're here you will meet lots of folks from close by Birmingham-Hoover. If you came for an overnight stay City of Hoover RV Park is a tremendous
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| | site to camp; while you're here, you could also pop by wonderful Heather Lake.
For the duration of the days of summer at Lake Dixie temperatures are typically in the 80's with nighttime lows in the 60's. During the winter highs are in the 50's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Lake Dixie. Dry warm beds await you at Residence Inn Birmingham Inverness, and Bailey Gap is also a tremendous location to discover. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling | |
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on Cahaba River is so much fun, and Pelham Koa Kampground is a good local campground.
Lake Dixie mostly gets a good deal of rainfall; throughout March this area sees the most rain, and October is when it's the driest. This place,
Lake Dixie, it just has so much outdoors cool stuff. There's some interesting stuff to see at Lake Dixie Dam close to Lake Dixie, and playing golf is lots of fun at Greystone Golf and Country Club.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.43139
Longitude: -86.70028
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Cahaba River
| ...ed 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 at the take out before you go on your trip though. The take out is nice but its positioned weirdly. You come down river to it after your last rapid and if the water is up or moving along well then you really have to back paddle to make the docking pad. Also if you miss the pad the current picks up dead even with the pad and will take you on down river before you realize it. Just check the weather and the USGS sites for the water level and bet... |
KOA Birmingham South
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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.... |
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Enjoy convenient access to Cahaba Grand Convention Center, Talladega Superspeedway and EWTN while staying at this Birmingham, Alabama hotel. Welcome to the Best Western Mountain Brook where guests w...
