Hotels near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama:
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Cahaba River
 | ... the current was nice and steady. If not for that I would have been exhausted from paddling across the flats. Luckily the scenery is good and there is plenty of wildlife to enjoy. The put in at Lovic bridge is tricky. Its a pretty steep grade and full of mud and sand. I ended up just getting in my canoe and slidding down the hill into the water. Thats a good way to flip so take a friend and you could rope your boat down much easier. The take out at Grants Mill is alot nicer. It has a nice gravel parking lot and a concrete ramp down to the river with a concrete docking pad in the water. You NEED to go look at the take out before you go on your trip though. The take out is nice but its positioned weirdly. You come down river to it after your last rapid and if the water is up or moving along well then you really have to back paddle to make the docking pad. Also if you miss the pad the current picks up dead even with the pad and will take you on down river before you realize it. Just check the weather and the USGS sites for the water level and better yet go look at it at the put in and t... |
KOA Birmingham South
 | 12 miles away
Just stopped here on our way north from the Florida panhandle.? Great stopover spot, extemely convenient to I-65.? Clean, neat campground, great bathrooms and showers, friendly, well-informed staff, and the area has all the basics travelers like us are interested in---food, shopping, RV stores, food, food, etc.? I know this would also be a nice spot for a longer stay.... |
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Campgrounds near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama:
City of Hoover RV Park, Hoover, 7 miles away 
M and J RV, Birmingham, 8 miles away 
Pelham Koa Kampground, Pelham, 12 miles away
KOA Birmingham South, Pelham, 12 miles away | | ....? Great stopover spot, extemely convenient to I-65.? Clean, neat campground, gr...
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Holiday Trav-L-Park, Helena, 13 miles away
Cherokee Beach Kamper Village, Helena, 14 miles away
Cherokee Beach Camping and Trade, Maylene, 17 miles away
Holiday Travel Park, Leeds, 17 miles away 
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Paddling Rivers Near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama:
Cahaba River, JeffersonCounty, 10 miles away | | Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill)
...ut at Grants Mill is alot nicer. It has a nice gravel parking lot and a concrete...
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Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, -blank-County, 13 miles away  | | Class III+ - 1.5 miles long (Ivy Branch to Old Highway 280)
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Cahaba River, JeffersonCounty, 17 miles away  | | Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10)
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Gurley Creek, Blount / JeffersonCounty, 19 miles away | | Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79)
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Mill Creek, BlountCounty, 24 miles away  | | Class III - 0.5 miles long (Rt. 31 to Dirt Road off CR 5)
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Mulberry Fork, Cullman/BlountCounty, 27 miles away | | Class I-II - 10.8 miles long (Old US Route 31 to bridge above I-65)
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Rice Creek, CullmanCounty, 27 miles away | | Class IV - 6.4 miles long (CR 38 to CR 91)
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Warrior River - Blackburn Fork, BlountCounty, 27 miles away | | Class I-III(V) - 4.5 miles long (Dirt Road off Route 15 to Route 1)
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Warrior River - Calvert Prong of the Locust Fork, BlountCounty, 30 miles away | | Class II-III - 2.2 miles long (CR 33 to Deavers Town Road)
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Golf Courses Near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama:
Highland Park Golf Course, Birmingham, 2 miles away
Oxmoor Valley Golf Course, Birmingham, 7 miles away
Roebuck Golf Course, Birmingham, 8 miles away
Greystone Golf and Country Club, Birmingham, 9 miles away
Eagle Point Golf Club, Birmingham, 11 miles away
Bent Brook Golf Course, Bessemer, 11 miles away
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Lakes Near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama:
Vestavia Lake, Jefferson County, 4 miles away
Birmingham Reservoir, Jefferson County, 4 miles away
Owens Pond, Jefferson County, 4 miles away
Boyles Gap Lake, Jefferson County, 5 miles away
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