William B. Bankhead National Forest
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| William B. Bankhead National Forest | |
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| IUCN Category VI (Managed Resource Protected Area) | |
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| Location: | Alabama, USA |
| Nearest city: | Decatur, AL |
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| Area: | 180,581 acres (730 km²) |
| Established: | June 17, 1942 |
| Governing body: | U.S. Forest Service |
The William B. Bankhead National Forest is Alabama's largest national forest, with some 180,000 acres (728 km²), and is home of Alabama's only National Wild and Scenic River, the Sipsey Fork. It is located in northwestern Alabama, around the town of Double Springs; it is named in honor of William B. Bankhead, a longtime U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Known as the "land of a thousand waterfalls," this vast monument to nature and man is popular for hiking, horseback riding, hunting, boating, fishing, swimming, canoeing and more. Within the forest is the Sipsey Wilderness with a host of wildlife and an abundance of swift streams, limestone bluffs, and waterfalls. Native American relics abound in Bankhead, one of the Southern United States's premier sites for petroglyphs, prehistoric drawings, and rock carvings.
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