Recreation

Telephone: 205-489-5111

• ​The bathhouse at Houston Recreation Area is open for the season. There is a vault toilet at the boat ramp for visitors to use.
• Recreation areas on Bankhead: Corinth, Clear Creek and Brushy Day Bath House are open.
• Houston Day Use is Open.
• Brushy Lake Bathhouse is Open.
• Check the motor vehicle use maps for open roads

Recreation Areas

• 2025 Recreation Fee Schedule
• Recreation Improvements

Alerts and Closure Orders

**The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.

Telephone: 334-222-2555

ATV/OHV use is not allowed.

Check the motor vehicle use maps for open roads

Recreation Areas

• 2025 Recreation Fee Schedule
• Recreation Improvements

Site Closures

• ​Open Pond Campground A Loop (primitive camping) has been reopened following the completion of road resurfacing. Questions can be directed to the District Ranger Office at (334)222-2555.
• The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.

Alerts and Closure Orders

**The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.

Telephone: 205-926-9756

ATV/OHV use is not allowed.

• The Forest Service Road Strike Team has Completed Road Maintenance on Forest Service Roads 708,170,716,717,727,728,732,742,743,and 704B, as well as Hale 53 and Clary Hill Roads. The Strike Team will begin road maintenance on the East side of the District starting July 6th, 2023. Temporary road blocks may be implemented. Please plan your route accordingly.
• Check the motor vehicle use maps for open roads 

Recreation Areas

• 2025 Recreation Fee Schedule
• Recreation Improvements

Alerts and Closure Orders

• The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.

Telephone: 256-463-2272

ATV/OHV use is not allowed.

• Check the motor vehicle use maps for open roads.

Recreation Areas

• 2025 Recreation Fee Schedule
• Recreation Improvements

Alerts and Closure Orders

**The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.

Telephone: 256-463-2272 

• County Rd 42, locally referred to as Cheaha Black Top, is closed due to a culvert collapse. Detour signs are posted, rerouting vehicles to 600-3. Drivers can reach the state park via Highway 281 in Heflin or Waldo, AL. We do not know when the road will be reopened, but updates will be shared with the public.
• Due to a scheduled prescribed (controlled) burn, Lake Chinnabee Recreation Area will open on March 4, 2025.
• Hikers are urged to be mindful when hiking the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail at the intersection of Forest Service Road 515. Anticipate an increase in log truck movement along Road 515. Despite the trail being open, hikers should exercise caution when crossing the road.
• Due to the Odum Wildfire, the Highfalls Trailhead and a portion of the Odum Scout Trail extending north, from the trailhead, for approximately 2 miles is temporarily closed to the public.
• The Warden Station Horse Camp overflow camping loop is temporarily closed to camping due to Southern pine beetle damage. All other camping loops are open for camping. All trails are open for riding.
• Forest Service does not hold an easement or right-of-way of record across the Southeastern Land Group property located at the intersection of Skyline Drive and Union T. Road - commonly referred to as Forest Service Road 600-2 - in Talladega County.
• Emergency closure of FSR 651 (entire road) is closed immediately for repairs after impacts from weather events.
• Check the motor vehicle use maps for open roads.

Recreation Areas

• 2025 Recreation Fee Schedule
• Recreation Improvements

Alerts and Closure Orders

**The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.

Tuskegee National Forest - Tuskegee, AL

Telephone: 334-552-3145

• ATV/OHV use is not allowed.
• Due to a culvert failure, Forest Service Road (FSR) 900 is being closed at a point approximately 1.5 miles south of AL Highway 186 and approximately 0.9 miles north of the FSR 900 & FSR 913 intersection.  This closure will be until further notice.
• The Bartram Trail from Macon County Road 53 north to the first parking area on Forest Service Road 900 is now back open to the Public.
• Forest Service Road 916 will remain closed. FS Roads 906 from 900 to 910 is now back open to the Public. The south end of FSR 930 just north of the Pleasant Hill Trailhead is temporarily closed due to two washouts along the roadway. All other roads are open.

The Uchee Shooting Range Maintenance Schedule here.

• *Check the motor vehicle use maps for open roads.

Recreation Areas

• 2025 Recreation Fee Schedule
• Recreation Improvements]

Alerts and Closure Orders

**The national forest is open, but the office is closed on major holidays and weekends.