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You'll need more than a day to look at everything Lake Purdy has to offer, you can camp at City of Hoover RV Park, and why not take a look at Cox Creek Point also since you're here. Drift down the rapids of Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork in a kayak, and if you're looking for some flowing water? Try Big Branch. Summertime brings highs in the 80's to Lake Purdy, and the night is slightly chillier of course, regularly in the 60's. For the period of the winter highs
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| | are in the 50's, and night lows at Lake Purdy all through the wintertime ordinarily fall into the 30's. Be careful coming to Lake Purdy, you might not ever want to return home again. While you're here at Lake Purdy, you could also visit scenic Lake Dixie; Oak Mountain Lodge is a splendid location to get some rest.
Swamps like Ike Pond Slough are fun to go to; after a long day outdoors Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham SE/Liberty Park is a glorious place to spend | |
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a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. You might want to pay a visit to Looney Gap if you're here at Lake Purdy, and if you're a golfer then a great close by course is Eagle Point Golf Club. A good deal of rain falls at Lake Purdy;
through March this area sees the most rain; October on the other hand is the driest.
Lake Purdy is a glorious site to visit for more than one day, Holiday Travel Park is a glorious site to camp nearby, and paddling on Cahaba River
is so much fun. This lake is so wonderful. Here at Lake Purdy there are plenty of folks from Birmingham-Hoover, and McDavid Lake is a nearby lake that you could have a look at. Very pleasant water scenery is available at Lake Purdy Dam close to Lake Purdy.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.45972
Longitude: -86.66917
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 11 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Cahaba River
| ...rt of the Cahaba and had a blast. Although it does have a class 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... |
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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3 miles away
