Oak Mountain State Park
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| Location: | 200 Terrace Drive
Pelham, AL 35124 | | Amenities: | Bicycle, BMX Track, Boat Launch, Camping, Canoeing, Drinking Water, Exercise, Fishing, Food Service, Geocaching, Golf, Hand/Small Boat Launch, Hiking, Horseback, Kayaking, Leashed Animals Permitted, Lodging, Mountain Biking, Paddle Boards, Picnic, Picnic Shelter, Playground, Ranger Station, Restroom, RV Campground, Sailing, Sanitary Disposal, Shelter, Shower, Stable, Store, Swimming, Volleyball, Wakeboard Cable Park, Walking Trail, and Wheelchair Accessible | | Maps: | Google | Bing | Yahoo! | | Contact Phone: | 205 620-2520 | | Link: | Visit Website |
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As Alabama's largest park, Oak Mountain provides 9,940 acres of pine-studded ridges and lush green hardwood bottoms. Runner's World Magazine recently named the running trails at Oak Mountain as one of "The Crown Jewels," listing them among the Top 25 Best Trail Runs in America. The park offers vacation cottages, golf, pro shop with snack bar, improved camping, picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, mountain bike trails, backpacking, a demonstration farm and horseback riding and equestrian campground facilities. With the largest area and variety of outdoor recreational pursuits, Oak Mountain is sure to provide excitement for every member of the family!
For the archery park Alabamians ages 16 to 64 must have a hunting license, Wildlife Management Area license, or Wildlife Heritage license in order to shoot. For non-residents, an annual Wildlife Management Area license or non-resident hunting license is required.
A co-ed group mountain bike ride at Oak Mountain State Park on Thursday nights. Intermediate to advanced skill levels are recommended due to night riding conditions, pace and mileage. The ride departs from the South Trailhead parking lot at 5:30 p.m. and lasts from 2-2.5 hours. Lights are strongly recommended.
Alabama’s first Wakeboard Cable Park is now open through September at Oak Mountain State Park. Located at Beaver Lake, the lower fishing lake, the cable park operates from 10 a.m. to dark. Prices vary, but patrons can purchase a season pass, two- hour or four-hour pass. Also available to rent are helmets, vests, wakeboards, knee boards and much more.
For more information call 620-2528.
More Flip Side Watersports info from Alabama State Parks Website
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Other OMSP Areas of Interest
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5/6/2018
| Alabama Interscholastic Cycling League State Championship
More than 25 High School Mountain Bike teams compete. Approximately 425 racers will come to Oak Mountain State Park in the fast growing high school sport |
5/19/2018 - 5/20/2018
| 13th Annual Xterra - Pan American Tour - Oak Mountain
The 13th annual XTERRA Oak Mountain off-road triathlons and trail runs return to Oak Mountain State Park .The main event combines a 1.5km swim, 30km mountain bike and 10km trail run. For amateurs, there will be 51 spots into the XTERRA World Championship to be held October 28 in Maui up-for-grabs, and for elites, $15,000 USD in prize money and points in the XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series. XTERRA will also offer a shorter distance Sprint race – 750-meter for the swim, 15km mountain bike and a 5km trail run, and an even shorter distance Xticer race which mixes a fun 200-meter swim with a 10km mountain bike and 2km trail run. You can also create a two or three-person relay team to conquer the Sprint or Full distance races. And, runners will revel in our 5, 10, and 21-kilometer trail runs. Plus, Paul Mitchell stylists will be on-site giving professional hair cuts in exchange for a $15 (or more) donation to the Challenged Athletes Foundation with 100% of the proceeds benefit CAF. |
6/15/2018 - 6/17/2018
| CAMPiCON
Camping, gaming, comics, anime, sci-fi, cos play, tournaments, vendors, live music, food trucks and more will all be a part of this new convention at Oak Mountain State Park.
Tournaments include the Green Arrow Archery Tournament and Dragon Ball Z, Call of Duty and Super Smash Bros, video game tourneys.
Attendees will have opportunities to win cash prizes, merchandise and gift cards |
