Meaher State Park

Meaher State Park
Alabama State Park
Wetlands at Meaher State Park
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Baldwin

City	Spanish Fort

Elevation	3 ft (1 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	30°40′11.028″N 87°56′9.744″W / 30.66973000°N 87.93604000°W / 30.66973000; -87.93604000Coordinates: 30°40′11.028″N 87°56′9.744″W / 30.66973000°N 87.93604000°W / 30.66973000; -87.93604000

Area	1,327 acres (537 ha)

Established	1989
Management	Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Location in Alabama
Website: Meaher State Park

Meaher State Park is a publicly owned recreation area located on Big Island,^[1] an island at the north end of Mobile Bay that lies within the city limits of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The state park occupies 1,327 acres (537 ha) along the shoreline of Ducker Bay,^[2] at the junction of Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta.^[3] It is surrounded by wetlands of the Mobile Bay estuary. The park is accessed from Battleship Parkway, known locally as the "Causeway," and is managed by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.^[4]

History

The park opened in 1989. The land was donated to the state for public recreational use by Augustine Meaher, a descendant of the noted 19th-century steamboat operator John Meaher, for whom the park is named.^[3]

Activities and amenities

The park features an interpretive boardwalk through the wetlands, picnic area, boat ramp, fishing pier, two cabins, and a camping area with 56 individual campsites.^[4]

References

1 2 "Big Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Ducker Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 Ress, Thomas V. (December 18, 2012). "Meaher State Park". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
1 2 "Meaher State Park". Alabama State Parks. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

External links

Meaher State Park Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Protected areas of Alabama

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Horseshoe Bend Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Institute

National Monuments	Russell Cave National Monument

National Forests	Conecuh Talladega Tuskegee William B. Bankhead

National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour Cahaba River Choctaw Eufaula Fern Cave Key Cave Mountain Longleaf Sauta Cave Watercress Darter Wheeler

Other Protected Areas	Little River Canyon National Preserve Natchez Trace Trail Pinhoti National Recreation Trail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Weeks Bay Reserve

Wilderness Areas	Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness

State

State Parks	Bladon Springs Blue Springs Buck's Pocket Cathedral Caverns Chattahoochee Cheaha Chewacla Chickasaw DeSoto Florala Frank Jackson Gulf Joe Wheeler Lake Guntersville Lake Lurleen Lakepoint Meaher Monte Sano Oak Mountain Paul M. Grist Rickwood Caverns Roland Cooper Wind Creek

State Forests	Choccolocco Hauss Geneva Little River Macon Weogufka

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)

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