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Alabama has many beautiful lakes and Williams Lake is one of them. So many cool things to do at Williams Lake, so little time. If you came to camp Pelham Koa Kampground is a delightful location to do that, and while you're here and you like golf, you can go to Ballantrae Golf Club. This lake is so wonderful. There's whitewater on Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork for all you adrenaline kick people, and dry warm beds await you at Birmingham/Pelham Travelodge. This
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| | lake is so wonderful. Williams Lake is not far at all from Birmingham-Hoover, and there's some flowing water close by, Big Sucker Brook is a stream you can check out while you're here.
Not far from Williams Lake, you'll stumble on Caddell Lake which is a charming lake, and a great sight of beautiful Johnson Mountain is available. High temperatures at Williams Lake through the summer are in the 90's. Summer nighttime lows fall down to the 60's. The winter | |
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brings highs down to the 50's while Williams Lake night low temperatures during the wintertime are in the 30's.
A large amount of rain falls at Williams Lake; the month of March is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest
month is October. If you need a place to stay Value Place Pelham is a perfect choice; a wonderful location to check out is Fungo Hollow. You can run the rapids of Cahaba River near Williams Lake, and Williams Lake is magnificent enough
to spend more than a day at, KOA Birmingham South is a magnificent local campground.
There are other spots here than Williams Lake, for example Lake Melaken, and Caddell Lake Dam is a site that is near Williams Lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.28556
Longitude: -86.79472
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 16 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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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
| 16 miles away
...ips 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 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 ... |
Tannehill Historical State Park
| 19 miles away
Our motorhome had a breakdown & a sheriff showed me the campground, I was able to limp up there, spent the weekend, come Monday got MH hauled to rev repair. This place is awesome! I posted pic' www.webshots.com/user/beierj... |
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