Clear Creek (AL)
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In the agency’s own words
The Clear Creek Recreation Area has become one of Alabama's most popular recreation areas and has many repeat visitors. The Bankhead National Forest’s largest recreation area, Clear Creek is in Winston County about 13 miles north of Jasper, ALlabama and was constructed on the shore of Lewis Smith Lake giving direct recreational access to the lake via the day use boat launch, to boating, water skiing, personal watercraft use, as well as fishing for largemouth bass, striped bass, and crappie. Keep reading
With many modern conveniences, it offers facilities for individual and group camping, picnicking, swimming, boat launching, hiking, and biking. Check-out time for Clear Creek is no later than 12:00pm the day of departure. Check-in time is no earlier than 2:00pm . This 2 hour window allows our staff adequate time to clean and maintain each site. The campground itself has four paved loops with paved parking spurs, and offers 102 RV campsites, including 32 double sites; 11 of these are pull-through sites. Each campsite has water and electrical hookups, a fire ring, picnic table, and lantern posts. All campsites have 50-amp and 30-amp electrical service. There is a trailer dump station located within the recreation area. Each of the four loops has a bathhouse with flush toilets and showers. All sites are level and spacious; Single campsites accommodate up to six people and two vehicles; double sites up to twelve people and four vehicles. No garbage dumpsters are in the campground; users are required to pack out trash and deposit it in the dumpsters by the dump station. An entrance station with an electronic gate is available to control access to the campground. Two group camping areas, available by reservation only, accommodate up to 25 tent campers each and share a bathhouse with flushing toilets and showers. The day use portion of the recreation area focuses on the swimming beach, served by a bathhouse with flushing toilets and showers. Next to the beach is a 50-person group picnic pavilion, with a flush toilet. On the other side of the beach lies a picnic area with 53 family units, all connected by newly paved paths. On the point, adjacent to the lake, are two more 50-person picnic pavilions, served by a nearby flush toilet. A 1.5-mile paved bicycle trail connects the campground to the day use area. Also, there is the 2.5-mile recently paved Raven Cliffs hiking trail in the day use area. Use of the picnic pavilions is by reservation only; users also pay the day use fee as they park in the facility. A year-round boat launch is available with an SST vault toilet and boat/trailer parking. Welcome to the Clear Creek Recreation Area... Use the Recreation.gov Mobile App. Visitors on-the-go can use the Recreation.gov mobile app to reserve and pay for upcoming stays, reducing the need for on-site transactions and cash handling. Download the Recreation.gov app through the Apple App Store or on Google Play. Functionality of the iPhone app available here... Functionality of the Android app available here...
Recreation
The campground has a basketball and volleyball court, and horseshoe pit. Interpretive programs are hosted during the summer. Day-use visitors and campers have access to a boat ramp and swim beach. The lake provides excellent fishing for Kentucky Spotted Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass. There are two trails in the area; the 2.5-mile Raven Interpretive Trail and a 1.5-mile bicycle trail.
Facilities
All facilities are wheelchair accessible. Flush toilets, drinking water and showers are offered for both campers and day use visitors. The campground offers standard sites with electric and water hook-ups, as well as tent-only non-electric sites for groups. Sites contain paved parking spurs, picnic tables, grills and tent pads.
Natural Features
The 180,000+ acre Bankhead National Forest is in northwestern Alabama, and its prominent feature is the Sipsey Wilderness . Known as "The Land of a Thousand Waterfalls," the Sipsey is at the juncture of three separate geologic areas: the Appalachian Plateau, the Cumberland Plateau and the Coastal Plain. The vegetation from these three unique environments blend into a remarkable diversity of species, with overlapping ranges creating many unusual plant associations. The Sipsey is a 12,726 acre area of swift streams, waterfalls, sandstone cliffs, undisturbed gorges, majestic hardwood forests, wildflowers, birds, animals and is home to Alabama's largest tree, a tulip poplar with a 21-foot circumference at its base. Lewis-Smith Lake (or Smith Lake) is located in the counties of Cullman, Walker and Winston. The 300-foot high dam, completed in 1961 by Alabama Power Company, impounds the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River to form the lake. Smith Lake has a surface area of 21,200 acres, 500 miles of shoreline, a watershed area of 944 square miles, a retention time of 435 days, and a maximum depth of 264 feet. What's Happening in Your Alabama National Forest Video Nearby Attractions Four nearby attractions within Bankhead National Forest are: The Little Natural Bridge is the longest rock arch east of the Rockies. It was formed 200 million years ago when the sea washed the sandstone away leaving iron ore veins holding the bridge. In this area thrive 27 varieties of Ferns and a number of Canadian Hemlocks traced to the Ice Age. Satellite Map of Natural Bridge Park The 19th-century Pine Torch Church is one of the oldest churches in Alabama and one of only four surviving log churches. The church is located in the Bankhead Forest in Lawrence County at the intersection of Country Roads 70 and 73 Several online sources say it was built in the 1890s but a sign at the site claims in was built in the 1840s. According to legend, Pine Torch got its name from the pine knots that were set ablaze to light the building after dark. It is made of hand-hewn logs. The original floor, made of hand-hewn poplar planks, was stolen piece-by-piece and was replaced in 1940, according to a historic marker at the site. The original roof was made of hand-split wooden shingles. It was later replaced with tin. Behind the church is a cemetery whose grounds are covered with sand to make maintenance easier. A newer and larger wooden church was built at the back of the property. It is still in use. Satellite Map of the Pine Torch Church The Houston Civil War Jail - Houston, Alabama served as the first county seat for Winston County. The area known today as Winston County was originally established in 1850 as Hancock County, named after John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. In 1858 the county was renamed Winston after the first native-born governor of Alabama, John Anthony Winston. Old Houston, located a few miles away from present day Houston, was the first county seat. Citizens voted to move the county seat to present day Houston in the late 1850's and a log jail was constructed at that time. The jail burned during the Civil War and was rebuilt in 1868. The Houston jail was built of hand-hewn logs filled with nails to prevent prisoners from "sawing their way to freedom". The jail held prisoners and provided a site for court. In 1884 the county seat was moved from Houston to present day Double Springs. Houston Historical Society Discover the Incredible Variety of Habitats and Birds in the Bankhead National Forest. Birding on the Bankhead
What the agency tells you
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SWIM AREA IS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON Check-out is no later than 12:00pm the day of departure. Check-in is no earlier than 2:00pm the day of arrival. This 2 hour window is necessary to effectively clean and maintain all of the sites each day. Entrance office hours are Monday - Thursday 12 a.m. - 4 p.m. & Friday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Day Use Area is open from 8 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Office hours vary from August to October, please call ahead. Swim Area closes after Labor Day. After-hours access for registered campers is available by calling ahead to (205) 300-1463 - Be sure to reserve a site that will accommodate your equipment because the site you reserve is your site, you may not move to another site. Single sites 2 tents or 1 tent & 1 camper/RV. Double sites 4 tents or 2 tents & 1 camper/RV. Tents must be on the pad not in the grass or woods. Double sites are for 12 people and up to 4 vehicles. Single sites are for 6 people and up to 2 vehicles. Additional vehicles can be permitted ($10 daily fee) and parked in over/flow day use area. If you have more than the recommend people you must reserve another site. All visitors must pay $10 . - Alcohol is not allowed in the Recreation Area. - Campground has a two tent maximum per single site. Two vehicles for registered campers only. If it does not fit on your paved site you must park in overflow. - There is a fee of $10 for additional camping vehicles that will be collected at the office. All visitors must purchase a $10 pass and park at the swim area and be picked up by the camper you are visiting. - To see what our campground has to offer you can tour it Monday - Thursday during office hours. A $10 refundable fee if you are out with-in 30 minutes. - Animals/Dogs are allowed in the campground on a 6 ft. or less leash. No animals/dogs are allowed at the beach or grass areas. Welcome to the Clear Creek Recreation Area...
Everything else this campground posts · 12
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Rules for National Forest Visitors
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Boating
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Canoeing
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Caves
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Heat Waves
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Hunting
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | If You Get Lost
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Lightning
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Pet Dogs
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Swimming & Boating
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Tornadoes
Forest Service - Know Before You Go | Preparing to Visit a National Forest | Waterfalls
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 163 · 2 tent-only, 2 group
- Hookups
- 100 electric, 103 water, 1 sewer
- Longest rig
- 49 ft
- Paved pads
- 103 of 163
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- “…of the four loops has a bathhouse with flush toilets and showers. All sites are level and spacious;… / …boat launch is available with an SST vault toilet and boat/trailer parking. Welcome to the Clear…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Each of the four loops has a bathhouse with flush toilets and showers.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…wheelchair accessible. Flush toilets, drinking water and showers are offered for both campers and day…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Biking
- Birding
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Ranger programs
- Kayaking
- Motor Boat
- Paddling
- Picnicking
- Stargazing
- Swimming
- Water access
- Night sky · 30th darkest of 41 in AL
- Bortle 4
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What you actually pay
“Additional vehicles can be permitted ($10 daily fee) and parked in over/flow day use area.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $38–$60 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
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recreation.gov availability, read 15:52 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
168 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 102 mapped sites27 sites share one published coordinate and are left out of the rankings.
All 168 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 163 of the 168 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Acorn | Acorn Camp | group tent only area nonelectric | 20 ft | 600 ft | 244 ft | $85 | ||
| Bayleaf Loop | Bayleaf Pavillion Group Picnic Area | day use | yes | under 10 ft | $52–$58 | |||
| Bear | 100 | standard electric | 50 amp | 179 ft | 766 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 101 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 179 ft | 618 ft | $38–$60 | |
| Bear | 102D | standard electric | 50 amp | 161 ft | 628 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 103 | standard electric | 50 amp | 161 ft | 468 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 104 | standard electric | 50 amp | 126 ft | 492 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 105 | standard electric | 50 amp | 117 ft | 711 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 84 | standard electric | 50 amp | 141 ft | 146 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 85 | standard electric | 50 amp | 161 ft | 549 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 86D | standard electric | 50 amp | 135 ft | 389 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 87 | standard electric | 50 amp | 135 ft | 427 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 88 | standard electric | 50 amp | 157 ft | 427 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 89 | standard electric | 50 amp | 157 ft | 579 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 90 | standard electric | 50 amp | 126 ft | 533 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 92 | standard electric | 50 amp | 117 ft | 795 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 94D | standard electric | 50 amp | 125 ft | 874 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 96 | standard electric | 50 amp | 175 ft | 977 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 97D | standard electric | 50 amp | 141 ft | 1,150 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 98D | standard electric | 50 amp | 141 ft | 1,032 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bear | 99 | standard electric | 50 amp | 225 ft | 911 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Bent Twig Loop | Bent Twig Camp | group tent only area nonelectric | 20 ft | 600 ft | 45 ft | $85 | ||
| Elm Loop | Elm Pavillion Group Picnic Area | day use | yes | 90 ft | $52–$58 | |||
| Fawn | 61 | standard electric | 50 amp | 54 ft | 266 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 62D | standard electric | 50 amp | 28 ft | 197 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 63 | standard electric | 50 amp | 68 ft | 207 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 64 | standard electric | 50 amp | 91 ft | 239 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 65D | standard electric | 50 amp | 111 ft | 123 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 66 | standard electric | 50 amp | 92 ft | 255 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 67D | standard electric | 50 amp | 111 ft | 159 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 68 | standard electric | 50 amp | 114 ft | 288 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 69D | standard electric | 50 amp | 112 ft | 219 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 70 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 366 ft | $38–$60 | |
| Fawn | 71 | standard electric | 50 amp | 83 ft | 416 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 72 | standard electric | 50 amp | 126 ft | 423 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 74D | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 95 ft | 372 ft | $38–$60 | |
| Fawn | 75 | standard electric | 50 amp | 139 ft | 385 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 76 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 239 ft | $38–$60 | |
| Fawn | 77 | standard electric | 50 amp | 95 ft | 313 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 78D | standard electric | 50 amp | 87 ft | 195 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 79D | standard electric | 50 amp | 96 ft | 165 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 80 | standard electric | 50 amp | 96 ft | 194 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 81 | standard electric | 50 amp | 99 ft | 217 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 82 | standard electric | 50 amp | 98 ft | 96 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fawn | 83 | standard electric | 50 amp | 118 ft | under 10 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 01 | standard electric | 50 amp | 173 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 02D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 260 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 03D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 303 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 04D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 105 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 05 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 11 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 06 | standard electric | 50 amp | 108 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 07 | standard electric | 50 amp | 108 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 08 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 51 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 09 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 133 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 10D | standard electric | 50 amp | 314 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 11D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 124 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 12D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 114 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 13 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 266 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 14D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 115 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 15 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 200 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 16D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 99 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 17 | standard electric | 50 amp | 116 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 18 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 28 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 19 | standard electric | 50 amp | yes | 116 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 20 | standard electric | 50 amp | 132 ft | 156 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 21 | standard electric | 50 amp | 109 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 22 | standard electric | 50 amp | 109 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 23D | standard electric | 50 amp | 324 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 24D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 124 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 25D | standard electric | 50 amp | 324 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 26D | standard electric | 50 amp | 173 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 27 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 137 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 28 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 229 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 29 | standard electric | 50 amp | 262 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 30 | standard electric | 50 amp | 324 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 31 | standard electric | 50 amp | 262 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 32 | standard electric | 50 amp | 314 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Fox | 33D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 302 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Fox | 34 | type not stated | 50 amp | 302 ft | $24 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 35 | standard electric | 50 amp | 28 ft | 169 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 36D | standard electric | 50 amp | 304 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 37 | standard electric | 50 amp | 304 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 38 | standard electric | 50 amp | 68 ft | 151 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 39 | standard electric | 50 amp | 149 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 40D | standard electric | 50 amp | 149 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 41D | standard electric | 50 amp | 226 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 42 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 125 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 43 | standard electric | 50 amp | 111 ft | 42 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 44D | standard electric | 50 amp | 199 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 45 | standard electric | 50 amp | 199 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 46D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 101 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 47 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 118 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 48 | standard electric | 50 amp | 101 ft | 173 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 49 | standard electric | 50 amp | 101 ft | 89 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 50 | standard electric | 50 amp | 101 ft | under 10 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 51 | standard electric | 50 amp | 226 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 52 | standard electric | 50 amp | 173 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 53 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 154 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 54D | standard electric | 50 amp | 173 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 55 | standard electric | 50 amp | 101 ft | 73 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 56D | standard electric | 50 amp | 132 ft | 41 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 57 | standard electric | 50 amp | 230 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 58D | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 166 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| Hoot Owl | 59 | standard electric | 50 amp | 230 ft | $38–$60 | |||
| Hoot Owl | 60 | standard electric | 50 amp | 84 ft | 267 ft | $38–$60 | ||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 001 | type not stated | 252 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 005 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 006 | type not stated | 15 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 007 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 008 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 009 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 013 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 015 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 017 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 018 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 019 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 020 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 021 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 022 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 027 | type not stated | 152 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 028 | type not stated | 281 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 029 | type not stated | 134 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 02D | type not stated | 274 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 030 | type not stated | 267 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 031 | type not stated | 123 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 032 | type not stated | 134 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 034 | type not stated | 38 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 035 | type not stated | 264 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 037 | type not stated | 328 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 038 | type not stated | 290 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 039 | type not stated | 235 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 042 | type not stated | 160 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 043 | type not stated | 125 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 045 | type not stated | 86 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 047 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 048 | type not stated | 79 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 049 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 04D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 050 | type not stated | 31 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 051 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 052 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 053 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 055 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 057 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 059 | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 060 | type not stated | 71 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 10D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 11D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 12D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 14D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 16D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 23D | type not stated | 113 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 24D | type not stated | 39 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 25D | type not stated | 277 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 26D | type not stated | 197 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 33D | type not stated | 125 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 36D | type not stated | 248 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 40D | type not stated | 162 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 41D | type not stated | 203 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 44D | type not stated | 197 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 46D | type not stated | 107 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 54D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 56D | type not stated | under 10 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 58D | type not stated | 44 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | 73D | type not stated | 372 ft | $24 | ||||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | XXX | unnamed record | 45 ft | 50 amp | $24 | |||
| MANAGEMENT SITES | XXX83 | unnamed record | $24 | |||||
| Oak Loop | Oak Pavillion Group Picnic Area | day use | 15 amp | yes | 194 ft | $52–$58 |
The agency files 5 more records here that aren’t sites for the night: 3 it files as day use and 2 it types MANAGEMENT rather than a campsite. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 168 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Corinth Recreation AreaWilliam B. Bankhead National Forest · 6.5 mi
Houston Recreation AreaWilliam B. Bankhead National Forest · 7.0 miBrushy Lake Recreation AreaWilliam B. Bankhead National Forest · 19 mi
Burchfield Branch Park41 mi
Deerlick Creek53 miJamie L. Whitten Campground68 miFrom Jasper travel approx. 5 miles north on State Road 195 to Manchester, 8.5 miles north on County Road 27 to entrance.
From Double Springs travel approx. 12 miles south on State Road 195 to Lamon Chapel Road go to the end and turn left on County Road 27 for 2 miles to entrance. Satellite Map
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Arley, AL
Typical weather
Typical October night 49°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 31°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it · a letter you can send
Who answers for this land
Clear Creek (AL) is in Alabama’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Robert Aderholt (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyRobert B. AderholtU.S. Representative · Alabama’s 4th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationKatie Boyd BrittU.S. Senator · Alabama
- Your senator, on the same appropriationTommy TubervilleU.S. Senator · Alabama
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Clear Creek (AL), William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Dear Robert B. Aderholt, I’m a constituent in Alabama’s 4th district. I tried to camp at Clear Creek (AL), William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 105 of the 163 campsites the agency files at Clear Creek (AL), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 85 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Clear Creek (AL) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Clear Creek (AL). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Clear Creek (AL) (William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Clear Creek (AL), William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Dear Katie Boyd Britt, I’m a constituent in Alabama. I tried to camp at Clear Creek (AL), William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 105 of the 163 campsites the agency files at Clear Creek (AL), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 85 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Clear Creek (AL) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Clear Creek (AL). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Clear Creek (AL) (William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Clear Creek (AL), William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Dear Tommy Tuberville, I’m a constituent in Alabama. I tried to camp at Clear Creek (AL), William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, and couldn’t. recreation.gov lists 105 of the 163 campsites the agency files at Clear Creek (AL), and every one of them is booked ahead, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 85 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Clear Creek (AL) keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Clear Creek (AL). I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Clear Creek (AL) (William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama) via campanac.com