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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Alabama

Talladega National Forest

Here, one in four take walk-ups.

4Campgrounds
1Take walk-ups
260–1,170 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 4 of these 4 campgrounds

Where they are

4 of 4 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

4 campgrounds
Payne Lake Recreation AreaOpenTalladega National Forest · AL260 ftColeman Lake Recreation AreaOpenTalladega National Forest · AL1,150 ftPine Glen Recreation AreaOpenTalladega National Forest · AL950 ftTurnipseed CampgroundFirst-comeOpenTalladega National Forest · AL1,170 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Cheaha A236 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cheaha B741 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Reed Brake621 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Blue Mountain4,986 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Oakey Mountain6,129 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Little Wolf fire · 40 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Talladega National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Mike Rogers, official portrait
Mike Rogers (R)AL 3rd · 3 campgrounds · grade F
Terri Sewell, official portrait
Terri Sewell (D)AL 7th · 1 campground · grade A
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly