Lake Lurleen State Park
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lake Lurleen State Park is a publicly owned recreation area located on U.S. Highway 82 approximately Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Northport in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The state park's Script error: No such module "convert". include Script error: No such module "convert". Lake Lurleen and a Script error: No such module "convert". trail system. It is operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.[1]
History
After purchasing the site of the park in 1952, the state began construction of a dam on a tributary of Big Creek[2] to create a Script error: No such module "convert". lake. Various concessionaires operated the park under the name Tuscaloosa County Public Lake from 1956 until 1970, when the state took control and added new facilities. In 1972, the park was renamed after Lurleen Wallace, a native of Tuscaloosa County and Alabama's first female governor, who had died in office four years earlier.[3]
Activities and amenities
Lake Lurleen is used for swimming, boating and fishing, and is stocked with largemouth bass, bream, catfish and crappie. The state park offers 91 campsites and a Script error: No such module "convert". system of trails for hiking and mountain biking that encircles the lake.[1] The trail system was designated as a National Recreation Trail in 2011.[4]
References
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External links
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- Lake Lurleen State Park Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Lake Lurleen State Park Trail Map Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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