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 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.
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 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.
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.
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
Happy Camping Y’all
