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The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a 3,689.63 acres (15 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in central Alabama, along the Cahaba River downstream from Birmingham, Alabama. The refuge was established on September 25, 2002. Additional purchases were approved that will potentially increase the size of the refuge to 7,300 acres (29.5 ...
The Cahaba River is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama and is among the most scenic and biologically diverse rivers in the United States. [2] It is a major tributary of the Alabama River and part of the larger Mobile River basin. With headwaters near Birmingham, the Cahaba flows southwest, then at Heiberger turns southeast ...
West Blocton, Alabama, US. Coordinates. 33°7′7″N 87°7′22″W. / 33.11861°N 87.12278°W / 33.11861; -87.12278. Area. 41,500 acres (168 km 2) Governing body. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area is an Alabama Wildlife Management Area (WMA) operated by the Alabama ...
Alabama: Cahaba River. The 194-mile Cahaba, Alabama's longest free-flowing river, is special not just for its beauty, but its biodiversity.The river claims more native fish species — 128 ...
The Cahaba River and its tributary Buck Creek run through Helena. Buck Creek is dammed upstream of Alabama Highway 261 in the Old Town area to form Lake Davidson. Fishing, wading, and canoeing are popular uses of both waterways.
Buck's Pocket State Park is a public recreation area located on Sand Mountain in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Alabama, two miles (3.2 km) north of the community of Grove Oak. The state park occupies 2,000 acres (810 ha) surrounding a natural pocket (canyon) of the Appalachian Mountain chain along South Sauty Creek, an upstream ...
Buck Creek (Cahaba River tributary) / 33.27972°N 86.85611°W / 33.27972; -86.85611. Buck Creek is a 17.3-mile-long (27.8 km) [1] tributary of the Cahaba River that was used to supply water power for manufacturing and industry during the 19th century. Its current use is primarily recreational and as a discharge point for municipal water ...
The Brierfield Furnace, also known as the Bibb Naval Furnace and Brierfield Ironworks, is a historic district in Brierfield, Alabama, United States, encompassed by Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park. [1] The district covers 486 acres (197 ha) and includes one building and nine sites. It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...