Bartram Canoe Trail, Recreational water trail system in Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Alabama.
The Bartram Canoe Trail is a water trail network extending across 200 miles through bottomland hardwood swamps, creeks, lakes, and backwaters in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. It consists of upper and lower sections that connect different waterways and offer varied paddling routes.
The Upper Bartram Canoe Trail was established in 2003 by Alabama State Lands, with the Lower section added in 2018. These developments made the waterways more accessible for recreational paddling.
The trail passes near Bottle Creek Indian Mounds, where visitors can see traces of Indigenous peoples who lived in this region long ago. These sites remain present in the landscape today.
Floating platforms, pile-supported shelters, and primitive camping sites are available throughout the trail. Groups of eight or fewer require advance reservations to use these facilities.
The protected wetlands along the trail contain habitats supporting over 50 rare plant and animal species. This makes it one of the most diverse regions within the second-largest river delta in North America.
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