DeSoto State Park

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DeSoto State Park
Type	State Park
Location	Fort Payne, Alabama
Size	3,000 acres (12 km²)
Opened	1930s
Operated by	Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

DeSoto State Park is located near in Northeast Alabama, near Fort Payne. Named after Hernando de Soto, it was developed in the 1930’s by the Civilian Conservation Corps after the Great Depression. The park's natural scenery includes more than 3,000 acres (12 km²) of forest, rivers, waterfalls, and beautiful mountain terrain. Its services include a lodge, cabins, a restaurant, modern chalets and campsites, a picnic area, swimming pool, tennis courts, nature center and miles of hiking trails.

DeSoto borders the Little River, the longest flowing mountaintop river in the United States. Nearby are Little River Canyon National Preserve, historic Mentone, and Desoto Falls, a 104-foot (31.7 m) waterfall below historic A.A. Miller Dam.

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v • d • e Protected Areas of Alabama

National Park Service	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park • Little River Canyon National Preserve • Natchez Trace Trail • Pinhoti National Recreation Trail • Russell Cave National Monument • Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site • Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

National Forests	Conecuh • Talladega • Tuskegee • William B. Bankhead

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

Wilderness Areas	Cheaha Wilderness • Dugger Mountain Wilderness • Sipsey Wilderness

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	Fayette • Geneva • Little River • Saint Stephens • Weogufka

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)