Traveling from Gulf Shores AL to Cartersville GA (NW of Atlanta) and need to find a park along the way. We like lakes, falls, hiking, and forest type areas. We prefer state or Corps parks but can stay at a commercial park too. Any suggestions along the way would be appreciated. 38' motorhome with 4 slides. Thanks....

The route u would like to take would be helpful......

Wherever the right campground will take me. The route allows me to travel north and then east thru central and eastern AL. Not western AL.

Tootsiepie - I would stir clear of the couple of RV Campgrounds near the I65 South BLVD and East BLVD around Montgomery AL . Those once very nice sections of town have now turned into a big CRIME ZONE especially South Blvd with all of the old famous hotels and night club spots all boarded up now. We stayed at the camp ground just across the street from the I65 truck Stop one time and went looking for a good meal up on the South Blvd. The local police pulled us over and asked that we go back to our camp ground and not be on the streets there after 10PM. It was just too dangerous... This was just two years ago...When we travel we always pull up GOOGLE MAPS and when it loads up then type RV PARKs in the search window. Lots of RV parks some with reviews... Click on the RV PARK for more information... If I have some time on my hands we love CHEAHA State park off of I20 between Birmingham and Atlanta. A great mountain site RV Place...Roy Ken

U can get on hwy 59 go to interstate 65 to hwy43 north and go to Millers Ferry COE campground in Camden Al. Or u can follow 43 all the way to Demopolis Al. To (Foscue Park) COE park, When u leave either u can go to Selma Al. There is a COE Park just Outside of Montgomery Al. (Gunter Hill). I am not that familiar with the other parks out of Mont. but there are others all the way up the interstate..Good luck, have fun

We like R Shaefer Heard at West Point Lake in West Point GA. They have sites right on the lake. Sites 94 or 101 are nice. www.recreation.gov

Park in AL | Good Sam Community

jnharley
Explorer
Feb 18, 2014
Gunter Hill COE campground in Montgomery, AL. One loop has huge sites, both pull thru and back ins with full hook ups. Some of the sites are even rooftop satellite friendly. And with an Access Pass, the price is only $11.
ependydad
Explorer
Feb 18, 2014
We stayed at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, AL. It was a beautiful park.
Boldtning
Explorer
Feb 15, 2014
If you leave Gulf Shores and don't want to travel far the first day, Sherling Lake, previously mentioned would be a great stop. If you want to travel about 3/4 of the way on day one River Country in Gadsden would be a great stop. We've made the North Georgia to Foley, AL trip a couple of times and those were our stops.
AlabamaTraveler
Explorer
Feb 14, 2014
If you make it to north east Alabama, our crown jewel state park is Desoto State park. It is located in the Ft. Payne area, and is beautiful. It has Desoto Falls and The Little River Canyon. All sites have FHU and cable.
wxtoad
Explorer
Feb 14, 2014
Alabama has some great COE parks, as well as lot of other public campgrounds.

Hardridge Creek COE is just south of Eufala.

Nearby is White Oak Creek COE.

Just north of Eufala is Bluff Creek COE.

You can locate them all at The Ultimate US Public Campground Project. We find it a very helpful resource.

Ted H.
Commerce
Explorer
Feb 14, 2014
There is a great park south of Atlanta on I-85 called Auburn RV Park www.auburnrv.com really friendly people.
Halmfamily
Explorer
Jan 16, 2014
If you coming up north on 65, Oak Mountain State Park off of Highway 119 is beautiful. Just south of Birmingham. If you come up west on Hwy 280 Wind Creek State Park is half between Auburn and Birmingham, another beautiful park. My. Cheaha Park is also nice, never camped here but visit often as we live in its shadow, this is off I 20 east. We camp at Oak Mtn and Wind Creek several times a year. Check out Alaparks.com for more info. One other place we enjoy is a federal park, Coleman Lake, located in the Talladega National Forest, opens back up in March, $12 a night Welcome to Alabama.
katfish
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
We have stayed at River Country, very nice an clean.. U can get sites right on the river.
Now u have several choices plan ur route.
ct1964ups
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
Tootsiepie wrote:
Traveling from Gulf Shores AL to Cartersville GA (NW of Atlanta) and need to find a park along the way. We like lakes, falls, hiking, and forest type areas. We prefer state or Corps parks but can stay at a commercial park too. Any suggestions along the way would be appreciated. 38' motorhome with 4 slides.

Thanks....

I vote with Katfish for Sterling City C/G..in Greenville,Ala...exit 130 off I-65...what a great park..if you decide to go there, ask for site #1....we were going to Biloxi from Ct and had stayed in Tn, gonna stay at this next c/g I will mention but it was just too close, so kept going, then had hard time finding a spot til Greenville...the c/g was so nice,planned trip back to Nashville with this as one of our stops
another nice place is River Country in Gadsdin ,Ala......
Won't be sorry with either c/g..take it from a northern boy ,who loves the south
AlabamaTraveler
Explorer
Jan 15, 2014
Tannehill State Historical Park is 20 miles west of B'ham on I59/20. Rustic campground with about 300 sites. Lots of Civil War stuff.