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If you like lakes and you're in this part of Alabama you can check out Overton Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Dry warm beds await you at Quality Inn Irondale, and camping at City of Hoover RV Park is always a great experience. Summertime highs at Overton Lake typically tend to be in the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 60's. During the winter this place gets highs in the 50's, and throughout the dark hours in the winter at Overton Lake
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| | temperatures dip to the 30's. Overton Lake sees pretty high levels of precipitation; throughout March this area sees the most rain, and the driest of the months is October. Whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then we recommend Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork; a scenic lake like Drummond Lake is a good place to stop at. If you come at the right time of year, Cahaba River offers some delightful whitewater, and you'll hit upon a stunning | |
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lake called Osborne Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Overton Lake is glorious enough to spend more than a day at, Holiday Travel Park is a glorious local campground, also Drummond Lake Dam is worth going to if you're here. Visit
Fuller Creek while you're here at Overton Lake; golf can be played at Roebuck Golf Course. And that's not all you can do here at Overton Lake. If you need a location to stay Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Irondale, Al is a good choice, and while you're here you will meet lots of folks from nearby Birmingham-Hoover.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 33.50139 Longitude: -86.69167
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 2 miles away Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Cahaba River
 | ...here 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 at the take out before you go on your trip thou... |
KOA Birmingham South
 | 14 miles away 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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