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Cheaha State Park

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Overnight stays: The park has 73 modern campsites and a smaller number of semi-primitive campsites. Accommodations also include a 30-room hotel, chalets, and cabins. The Bald Rock Group Lodge is used for conferences and
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Scenic overlooks: Cheaha Mountain is topped with Bunker Tower, a stone building with an observation deck on top. A wheelchair-accessible wooden walkway on the Bald Rock Trail provides another
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was active in the park creating Cheaha Lake and building numerous structures including a stone bathhouse, eleven stone cabins, two stone pavilions,
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and crashed into Bald Rock. A machine gun was recovered from the crash site and was subsequently donated to the park museum in 2023.
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In September 2020, Cheaha State Park was one of eleven Alabama State Parks awarded
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Day-use: The park has day-use areas for picnicking, swimming, and fishing.
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The park opened to the public in 1933. From 1933 to 1939, the
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In 2020, the park's Doug Ghee Accessible Trail was named a
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warplane, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Chester R. Gunkel of
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Hiking: The park features the Cheaha Trailhead of the
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Cheaha State Park is located in Alabama
Clay County
Cleburne County
Alabama
Coordinates
33°29′07″N 85°48′30″W / 33.48528°N 85.80833°W / 33.48528; -85.80833
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Official website
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Clay
Cleburne
Alabama
Cheaha Mountain
highest point in the state
Talladega National Forest
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
state park
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bunker Tower
chalets
P-38 Lightning
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Love Field
Dallas, Texas
Atlanta, Georgia
National Recreation Trail
Tripadvisor
overlook
Pinhoti Trail

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