Roland Cooper State Park

Roland Cooper State Park
re-opened state park
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Wilcox

Elevation	79 ft (24 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	32°03′26″N 87°14′57″W / 32.05722°N 87.24917°W / 32.05722; -87.24917Coordinates: 32°03′26″N 87°14′57″W / 32.05722°N 87.24917°W / 32.05722; -87.24917 ^[1]

Area	236 acres (96 ha)

Established	1969
- Closed	2015
Management	None

Location in Alabama
Website: Roland Cooper State Park

Roland Cooper State Park was a 236-acre (96 ha) publicly owned recreation area located six miles north of Camden, Alabama, along the eastern shore of the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir, a 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) impoundment of the Alabama River known locally as the Millers Ferry Reservoir.^[2]^[3] The state park opened as Bridgeport State Park on land leased from the Army Corps of Engineers following the construction of Miller's Ferry Lock and Dam in 1969. The park was renamed for state senator William Roland Cooper in the 1970s.^[4] The park featured a nine-hole golf course built in 1972,^[5] cottages, campground, fishing, and boating facilities.^[6] It was one of several Alabama state parks that were closed or saw curtailment of services in 2015 following state budget cuts. The park has been re-opened as of September 2016.^[7]^[8]

References

1 2 "Roland Cooper State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Roland Cooper State Park". Alabama State Parks. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
↑ "Millers Ferry Reservoir". Outdoor Alabama. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on January 7, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
↑ Ress, Thomas V. (August 13, 2010). "Roland Cooper State Park". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
↑ "Roland Cooper State Park Golf Course". Golf Courses in the United States. TheGolfCourses.net. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
↑ "Fishing: Roland Cooper State Park". Alabama State Parks. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
↑ Gattis, Paul (September 30, 2015). "5 Alabama state parks set to close". AL.com. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
↑ Moseley, Brandon (December 26, 2015). "State to shut down Outdoor Alabama magazine". Alabama Political Reporter. Retrieved January 12, 2016.

External links

Roland Cooper 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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