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Bill Rambo

Confederate Memorial Park
In 1964, Confederate Memorial Park was established on the site of the state-run Confederate Soldiers'...

Rochelle Ramga

John Pelham
John Pelham (1838-1863) of Alabama was one of the most noted Confederate artillery officers of the American...

John N. Randolph

Mary Ivy Burks
Mary Ivy Burks (1920-2007) was a leading force behind the founding of the Alabama Conservancy (now the...

Marilyn Raney

Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Located in eastern Jefferson County, straddling the border between Birmingham and Irondale, Ruffner Mountain...

Thomas V. Ress

Alabama Scenic River Trail (ASRT)
The Alabama Scenic River Trail (ASRT) is the longest recreational water trail in any single state in...

Alabama Wildlife Federation
The Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF) is Alabama's largest non-profit conservation organization....

Alabama Wildlife Management Areas
Alabama has thousands of acres of public land set aside for recreational and conservation purposes. These...

Battle of Sulphur Trestle
The September 1864 Civil War Battle of Sulphur Trestle, in Limestone County, cut a crucial Union supply...

Bladon Springs State Park
The 357-acre Bladon Springs State Park is located one mile north of the town of Bladon Springs in Choctaw...

Blue Springs State Park
Blue Springs State Park is located six miles east of the town of Clio in southeast Barbour County. At...

Buck's Pocket State Park
Buck's Pocket State Park is a secluded 2,000-acre park located in the foothills of the Appalachians...

Cathedral Caverns State Park
Cathedral Caverns State Park is located near the town of Grant, in northeastern Marshall County. Although...

Chattahoochee State Park
Scenic 596-acre Chattahoochee State Park is located on the Florida-Alabama border in Houston County near...

Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park, located in north-central Alabama, was first opened to the public in 1933 and is Alabama's...

Cherokee Rock Village
Cherokee Rock Village is a 200-acre public park located in northeastern Alabama in Cherokee County, near...

Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park is located in east-central Alabama in Lee County four miles west of the Auburn University...

Chickasaw State Park
Chickasaw State Park is located in rural Marengo County south of Demopolis. The park's 520-acres...

DeSoto Caverns
DeSoto Caverns is a privately owned outdoor park complex located near the town of Childersburg in Talladega...

DeSoto State Park
DeSoto State Park perches on the ridge of Lookout Mountain in northeastern Alabama, eight miles northeast...

Dismals Canyon
Dismals Canyon is an 85-acre area of natural sandstone gorges and geological formations surrounded by...

Florala State Park
Florala State Park is located in Covington County within the city limits of the town of Florala on the...

Frank Jackson State Park
Frank Jackson State Park is located one mile from the town of Opp in Covington County. The park's...

Gulf State Park
Gulf State Park is Alabama's southernmost state park, located in the city of Gulf Shores, on the...

Historic Blakeley State Park
Historic Blakeley State Park covers 3,800 acres along the Tensaw River in Baldwin County near the town...

Horse Pens 40
Horse Pens 40 is a privately owned 40-acre nature park located in the foothills of the Appalachians near...

Joe Wheeler State Park
Joe Wheeler State Park is located on the shores of the 69,700-acre Wheeler Lake in northern Alabama,...

Lake Guntersville State Park
Located in northeast Alabama on the Tennessee River just east of the town of Guntersville, in Marshall...

Lake Lurleen State Park
Lake Lurleen State Park is located in Tuscaloosa County, nine miles northwest of the city of Tuscaloosa...

Lakepoint Resort State Park
Lakepoint Resort State Park is located in Barbour County, seven miles north of the city of Eufaula. The...

Little River Canyon National Preserve
The Little River Canyon National Preserve is located in Cherokee County at the southern end of the Appalachian...

Meaher State Park
Named after John Meaher, a noted Alabama steamboat operator during the nineteenth century, Meaher State...

Monte Sano State Park
Monte Sano State Park gets its name from its mountain location overlooking the city of Huntsville, Madison...

Natchez Trace
The Natchez Trace is a prehistoric route that extended 440 miles from Nashville, Tennessee, through Alabama...

National Speleological Society
The National Speleological Society (NSS) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Huntsville, Madison...

National Wildlife Refuges
Alabama is home to 11 national wildlife refuges (NWR) that, when taken in total, represent a cross-section...

Nature Conservancy Lands in Alabama
Alabama is home to a wide array of natural areas that are managed by federal, state, and private agencies....

North Alabama Birding Trail
The North Alabama Birding Trail (NABT) is not an actual physical trail; rather it is made up of 50 individual...

Oak Mountain State Park
Oak Mountain State Park, located just south of Birmingham in Pelham, is Alabama's largest state...

Paul M. Grist State Park
Paul M. Grist State Park is located near the city of Selma in Dallas County. Originally established as...

Rickwood Caverns State Park
Rickwood Caverns State Park is located in Blount County near the town of Warrior. Its main attraction...

Roland Cooper State Park
Roland Cooper State Park is located in Wilcox County, six miles northeast of the town of Camden. The...

State Parks of Alabama
Alabama's state parks provide many thousands of visitors each year with the opportunity to share...

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a 234-mile system of canals, locks, and dams that connect the Tennessee...

Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay near the...

Wind Creek State Park
Wind Creek State Park is located on 1,445 acres along the shoreline of Lake Martin near Alexander City...

Susan M. Reverby

Tuskegee Syphilis Study
From 1932 to 1972, the U.S. government sponsored the nation's longest-running public health experiment...

Candice Crosson Richardson

Helen Smith Woodruff
Helen Smith Woodruff (1888-1924) was an author of young adult and children's books that were popular...

Paul W. Richelson

John Roderick Dempster MacKenzie
Born in London, England, artist and muralist John Roderick Dempster MacKenzie (1865-1941) spent part...

Marlene Hunt Rikard

William J. Samford (1900-01)
William James Samford (1844-1901) died only six months after assuming office as the 32nd governor of...

Russell M. Cunningham (1904-05)
Russell McWhortor Cunningham (1855-1921) is not given a number designation in the listing of Alabama...

Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad (TCI)
The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company (TCI), founded in 1852 in Tennessee as the Sewanee Mining...

Ron Rindo

Caroline Lee Hentz
Caroline Lee Hentz (1800-1856) was Alabama's first best-selling writer and one of the most popular...