Lake Lurleen State Park

Lake Lurleen State Park
Alabama State Park
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Tuscaloosa

Elevation	233 ft (71 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	33°17′55″N 87°40′40″W / 33.29861°N 87.67778°W / 33.29861; -87.67778Coordinates: 33°17′55″N 87°40′40″W / 33.29861°N 87.67778°W / 33.29861; -87.67778 ^[1]

Area	1,625 acres (658 ha)

Established	1952
Management	Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Location in Alabama
Website: Lake Lurleen State Park

Lake Lurleen State Park is a publicly owned recreation area located on U.S. Highway 82 approximately 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Northport in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The state park's 1,625 acres (658 ha) include 250-acre (100 ha) Lake Lureen and a 23-mile (37 km) trail system. It is operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.^[2]

History

After purchasing the site of the park in 1952, the state began construction of a dam on a tributary of Big Creek^[3] to create a 250-acre (100 ha) lake. Various concessionaires operated the park under the name Tuscaloosa County Public Lake from 1956 until 1970, when the state took control and added new facilities. In 1972, the park was renamed after Lurleen Wallace, a native of Tuscaloosa County and Alabama's only female governor, who had died in office four years earlier.^[4]

Activities and amenities

Lake Lurleen is used for swimming, boating and fishing, and is stocked with largemouth bass, bream, catfish and crappie.^[2] The state park offers 91 campsites along the lake shoreline.^[5] The lake is encircled by a 23-mile (37 km) system of trails for hiking and mountain biking.^[6]

References

1 2 "Lake Lurleen State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 "Lake Lurleen State Park". Alabama State Parks. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
↑ "Lake Lurleen". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
↑ Thomas V. Ress (April 20, 2012). "Lake Lurleen State Park". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
↑ "Camping Map: Lake Lurleen State Park" (PDF). Alabama State Parks. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
↑ "Trails: Lake Lurleen State Park". Alabama State Parks. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 6, 2016.

External links

Lake Lurleen State Park Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Lake Lurleen State Park Trail Map Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Protected areas of Alabama

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Horseshoe Bend Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Institute

National Monuments	Russell Cave National Monument

National Forests	Conecuh Talladega Tuskegee William B. Bankhead

National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour Cahaba River Choctaw Eufaula Fern Cave Key Cave Mountain Longleaf Sauta Cave Watercress Darter Wheeler

Other Protected Areas	Little River Canyon National Preserve Natchez Trace Trail Pinhoti National Recreation Trail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Weeks Bay Reserve

Wilderness Areas	Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness

State

State Parks	Bladon Springs Blue Springs Buck's Pocket Cathedral Caverns Chattahoochee Cheaha Chewacla Chickasaw DeSoto Florala Frank Jackson Gulf Joe Wheeler Lake Guntersville Lake Lurleen Lakepoint Meaher Monte Sano Oak Mountain Paul M. Grist Rickwood Caverns Roland Cooper Wind Creek

State Forests	Choccolocco Hauss Geneva Little River Macon Weogufka

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)

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