Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park in Alabama is a 2719 mountain-top wilderness preserve. Facilities include a 30-unit resort inn, restaurant, vacation cottages, chalets, modern campground, picnic areas, biking trails, hiking trails and lots of beautiful scenery.
Centrally located in the Talladega National Forest, Cheaha Resort State Park is ideal for access to the Kentuck ORV trail, an ATV trail built and maintained by the National Forest Service. The Park is home to the Cheaha Trailhead of the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail.
Park Attractions
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The park hosts hiking trails, mountain bike trails, a lake for swimming and fishing, an observation tower at the highest point, campgrounds, cabins, chalets, motel rooms, a restaurant, an indian artifact museum, and much more.
The park is also completely surrounded by the Talladega National Forest which offers additional recreational resources, like easily accessible trails to waterfalls and more.
Cheaha Mountain
Cheaha Mountain - Highest Point in Alabama [2,413 FT]
This park, which is Alabama's oldest continuously operating state park, encompasses Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in the state.
The highest point is marked with a USGS benchmark in front of Bunker Tower, a stone Civilian Conservation Corps building with an observation deck on top. The old road is known as CC Road and contains interesting ruins. Near the peak is Bald Rock, which was recently improved with a wheelchair-accessible wooden walkway that provides an impressive overlook of the surrounding region.
Cheaha Mountain is part of the Talladega Mountains, a final southern segment of the Blue Ridge.
Recreational Activities
- Pinhoti National Recreation Trail is a long-distance trail, 335 miles long, located in the United States within the states Alabama and Georgia. The Park is home to the Cheaha Trailhead of the Pinhoti Trail, a 107-mile trail eventually connecting into the National Parks Service, Appalachian Trail, accessing trails like the Odum Scout Trail or the Chinnabee Silent Trail where there are some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the area.
- Camp Mac is a summer camp for boys and girls in Alabama's Cheaha Mountains, surrounded by the Talladega National Forest. Camp Mac offers a Jr. Term, which is 2 weeks long and is a starter camp for children who have completed the 2nd through 5th grade. They also offer two premium 4 Week Terms that offer more advanced activities for children who have completed the 2nd through 9th grades. Camp Mac is labeled as a "Learning Camp" and offers activities based on the philosophy of Safety, Fun & Instruction.
- Kentuck ORV Trail - Centrally located in the Talladega National Forest, Cheaha Resort State Park is ideal for access to the Kentuck ORV trail, an ATV trail built and maintained by the National Forest Service.