Oak Mountain State Park

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Oak Mountain State Park is Alabama's largest state park at nearly 10,000 acres (40 km²). It is located in Pelham, Alabama and is convenient (via a short drive on I-65) to Birmingham, Alabama's largest city.

Activities at the park can include hiking, mountain biking, golf, swimming, camping and fishing. One can go horseback riding at specific times on the weekend. Paddle boats and canoes are available for rent. Day hikes range from easy to moderate. One of the hikes includes an elevated trail from which one can view large cages containing birds such as owls and buzzards. Oak Mountain is also home to the Alabama Wildlife Center, Alabama's largest wildlife rehabilitation facility. The center treats more than 2,000 injured animals per year.

There are many improved campsites with water and electricity. Some backpacking and back country camping is allowed for a small fee. Campers at back country camps are not allowed to have fires.

Deer are commonly seen in the park--particularly at dusk and on the golf course. There so many deer in fact, that special permits have recently been issued to bow-hunters who are allowed to take deer within the park's boundaries.

Fees are $3.00 per day per adult. Season passes are available at the main office. Leashed dogs are allowed.

[edit] External links

• Official Homepage
• Information about Oak Mountain at the Alabama State Parks Home Page

Birmingham, USA landmarks

16th Street Baptist Church • Alabama Adventure (formerly Visionland) • Alabama Museum of Health Sciences • Alabama Sports Hall of Fame • Alabama Theatre • Aldridge Gardens • Alys Stephens Center • Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens • Avondale Park • Barber Motorsports Park & Vintage Motorsports Museum • Bessemer Hall of History • Birmingham Botanical Gardens • Birmingham Civil Rights District • Birmingham Civil Rights Institute • Birmingham International Airport • Birmingham Zoo • Birmingham Museum of Art • Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center Arena • Boutwell Auditorium • Cahaba River • Carver Theatre • International Motorsports Hall of Fame • Kelly Ingram Park • Lane Park • Legion Field • McWane Center • Oak Mountain State Park • Red Mountain • Rickwood Field • Riverchase Galleria • Ruffner Mountain • Sloss Furnaces • Southern Museum of Flight • Talladega Superspeedway • The Summit • UAB • Vulcan Park & Statue

	Protected Areas of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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	Fayette | Geneva | Little River | Saint Stephens | Weogufka
National Parks and Forests	Horsehoe Bend | Little River Canyon | Russell Cave | Tuskegee Airmen | Tuskegee Institute | Conecuh | Talladega | Tuskegee | William B. Bankhead