Alabama Camping with a SE Camping Group

Pulpit Rock

Alabama Camping at Cheaha

Alabama offers great camping opportunities.  We often use our camper to travel to far away places and consequently,  our home state’s campgrounds have not been extensively visited.  However,  Southeastern T@Bs, T@Gs and Friends, a camping group for owners of smaller campers like ours,  held a meetup at Cheaha State Park.   So, we were happy to have the opportunity to camp with them so close to home.

The State has made a good many recent improvements to Cheaha State Park.  The campground is really quite nice now because two loops offer full hookups.  We had Site #5 and it was a wonderful, shady site.   The shade was needed because temps were in the high 80s.  The sites included nice picnic tables and a fire ring.

Alabama Camping at Cheaha State Park
Site #5 at Cheaha State Park

Alabama Camping with a Camping Group

We had a fabulous time camping with Southeastern T@Bs, T@Gs and Friends, which is a Facebook camping group.  Everyone was friendly and fun to be around.  It is a very laid back event, which we like.  There was a potluck that everyone attended and several hikes with varying group members.  I really love that there are so many opportunities to camp with this group because there are about five or six meetups per year.

View Above Bald Rock
View above Bald Rock and SE Camping Group

Hiking at Cheaha

I really enjoyed hiking with our friends with the SE camping group.  My husband is not a big fan of hiking so I don’t often have others with whom to hike.   It was a real treat for me.  I participated on three small hikes and my husband was on two of them.

CCC Observation Tower, Highest Point In Alabama
Cheaha CCC Observation Tower and Alabama camping
Cheaha Observation Tower

Cheaha State Park was built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Observation Tower at its highest point (2,407) was dedicated to the park on April 4th.   The hike from the upper improved campground to this spot was pretty easy except for a small area with big rocks over which you had to climb.   Also, the last bit of the hike had a pretty good incline.

I climbed to the top of the tower and the view was not outstanding, but the tower and surrounding area was pretty nice.

Pulpit Rock

My husband passed on this hike and I was very glad he did.  It was very steep in places and since he has had a knee replacement.   The hike is only .3 mile, but the terrain makes it a workout.   There is a big payoff in the end though, that makes all the effort so worth it.   Pulpit Rock was my favorite view at Cheaha.

Pulpit Rock
Pulpit Rock
Bald Rock

Bald Rock was the easiest hike that I did at Cheaha because the incline was not steep.  There are two options:  a trail or a boardwalk.  I did the boardwalk with my husband and it was a very easy .3 mile hike.

Bald Rock Boardwalk
Boardwalk to Bald Rock
Bald Rock Overlook
Bald Rock Overlook
Bald Rock Overlook Alabama Camping
Bald Rock Overlook

Cheaha also has several other trails that were taken by members of our camping group.

Other Alabama Camping Activities

When my husband and I are camping by ourselves, we spend a lot of time visiting surrounding areas.  Because we had our camping group friends to hang out with, we stayed at the campground the entire time.  We had lots of campsite chats, shared drinks and snacks, plus the big potluck.  Lastly, we had a very rousing game of Mexican Train Dominos with a few friends.

There are quite a few activities that would be fun in the surrounding area of Anniston.   Cheaha is a beautiful park and with the surrounding area attractions, it is a very desirable place to camp.

Previous Alabama Campgrounds Visited

Alabama is a beautiful state with great areas in which to camp.  The following are other Alabama campgrounds we have visited with links to the posts:

Deerlick Creek Park, Tuscaloosa

Desoto State Park, Fort Payne

Gulf State Park

Happy Camping Y’all

 

2 thoughts on “Alabama Camping with a SE Camping Group”

  1. So helpful thank you. We tried to get a spot in Ohio for the rally and sold out in hours. Tried for 2 years now 🙁
    You inspire us…

    1. Thanks Mary! Stay up late next year if you want to go to Ohio. Those rally spots go fast.

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