Hiking
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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