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Biking
Point Mallard Park,
on Point Mallard Drive, offers a 3 mile (round-trip) gravel hiking/biking
trail along the banks of the Tennessee River and Flint Creek. Benches
are located along scenic points. The trail is open daylight hours,
daily.
The Wheeler Refuge, which stretches for 20 miles along the Tennessee
River, includes six public boat ramps, 112 miles of gravel roads and a
series of hiking trails running through three countries.
The four major trails in the refuge are the Cypress Pond Trail, the
Environmental Study Area, Dancy Bottom Woodland Trail and Beaver Dam Creek
Swamp. Boardwalks and rest areas have been added to the trails to make
them more convenient to hikers.
Beaver Dam Creek Swamp is a national landmark with its bottle-shaped Tupelo
Gum trees, an aquatic tree. The trail is approximately a half-mile in
length.
The compressed needled Cypress tree is proudly displayed on the Cypress
Pond's half-mile trail.
There are two trails located at the Environmental Study Area. One trail is a
half-mile, the other a mile long. It is a bottom-land, hardwood-type
forest.
Dancy Bottom Woodland Trail is a one-way trail with boardwalks, rest areas
and gravel trails. It is two miles long and has a bridge and an active
beaver dam.
For additional information on facilities and activities at Wheeler National
Wildlife Refuge contact the Givens Wildlife Interpretive Center, P.O. Box
1654, Decatur, Al 35602, or call (256) 350-6639.
The Bankhead National Forest, nearby in Lawrence & Winston Counties,
offers four recreation areas with hiking and/or biking trails. Clear
Creek Rec Area is found off Co. Road 27 in southern Winston County, Brushy
Lake Rec Area is in Lawrence County on FS 262, Houston Rec Area is on FS 118
in Winston County, and Natural Bridge Rec Area is off U.S. Hwy 278 west of
the town of Addison. All sites are open year round.
For additional information on recreation areas in Bankhead National Forest,
call (205) 832-4470.
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