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The Walls of Jericho is a 750-acre (300 ha) natural area that is within the 8,943-acre (3,619 ha) Bear Hollow Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Tennessee, which is contiguous to the Skyline WMA in Alabama. It was designated in 2016 and is owned by State of Tennessee. Both of the public lands on the Tennessee and Alabama side total ...
The Forever Wild Walls of Jericho Trail System, 17 miles (27 km); Hytop. Bear Den Loop, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) South Rim Trail, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) Tennessee Trail; Walls of Jericho Horseback Riding Trail, 8.3 miles (13.4 km) Walls of Jericho Trail, 3 miles (4.8 km) Goose Pond Colony Nature and Walking Trail, 2 miles (3.2 km); Scottsboro
Public uses of the WMAs vary from area to area, but typically includes hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and camping. As of the 2007–2008 season over 768,000 acres (3,110 km 2) of land was under management as part of Alabama WMAs from the north Alabama mountains down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico coast. [1]
The NHLs in Alabama comprise 3% of the approximately 1178 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama. Four historic sites in the state are managed by the National Park Service. One of these, the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, is also designated an NHL.
Dugger Mountain, the second highest peak in Alabama with an elevation of 2,140 feet (650 m), [4] is located between Anniston and Piedmont. The wilderness encompasses some of the most rugged and mountainous terrain in Alabama, as well as numerous endangered and threatened plant communities.
The Walls of Jericho usually refer to the destruction of the walls of Jericho in the biblical story of the Battle of Jericho. Walls of Jericho may also refer to: Wall of Jericho (Neolithic), a prehistoric wall around the city of Jericho; Wrestler Chris Jericho’s signature submission, The Boston Crab, also known as the Walls of Jericho.
DeSoto State Park is a public recreation area located on Lookout Mountain, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Fort Payne, Alabama. [2] The state park covers 3,502 acres (1,417 ha) of forest, rivers, waterfalls, and mountain terrain.
The park opened to the public in 1933. From 1933 to 1939, the Civilian Conservation Corps was active in the park creating Cheaha Lake and building numerous structures including a stone bathhouse, eleven stone cabins, two stone pavilions, Bunker Tower, the Bald Rock Group Lodge, and several hiking trails. [4]