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Wilson Lake is a splendid location to visit for more than one day, City of Hoover RV Park is a splendid location to camp nearby, and Indian Valley Lake is a nearby lake that you could explore. Dry warm beds await you at Baymont Inn & Suites Birmingham/Vestavia. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Wilson Lake has to offer, you can camp at Pelham Koa Kampground. Wilson Lake is a wet place that gets a good deal of rainfall; the month of March is the
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| | wettest with most of the rain, and October on the other hand is the driest. This lake is so wonderful. A pleasant place for whitewater paddling in the vicinity of Wilson Lake is Cahaba River.
After a long day outdoors ST Regis Test Property Hotel is a perfect site to spend a night or two; get your heart beating on the great whitewater of Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork. The scenery at Cahaba Lake Dam near Wilson Lake is beautiful, and Acton Creek is in the | |
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vicinity of Wilson Lake and is always a joy to check out. This lake is so wonderful. People from Birmingham-Hoover love to come to Wilson Lake; the summit of Little Valley Mountain can be observed from Wilson Lake.
At Wilson Lake
throughout the long summer days highs are in the 90's. When the night sets in temperatures fall down into the 60's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 50's, and night lows all through the winter for Wilson Lake tend to be in the
30's. And that's not all you can do here at Wilson Lake. Do pop by Cahaba Lake close to Wilson Lake, it's a delightful lake, and Greystone Golf and Country Club is a good golf course nearby.
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Baymont Inn & Suites Birmingham/Vestavia, Birmingham
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2 miles away
We are Conveniently Located in the Heart of Birminghams Metropolitan Area, only Minutes Away From Restaurants, Major Sports Facilities, Museums, Shopping Malls, Universities, Hospitals, and Businesses...
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Current weather conditions at Wilson Lake, Jefferson County, Alabama
Local climate location: BESSEMER 18 miles away
      
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.40083
Longitude: -86.77194
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 18 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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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
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...part 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 wi... |
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