Chickasaw State Park, State park near Linden, Marengo County, Alabama, United States
Chickasaw State Park is a 520-acre (210 ha) public recreation area on U.S. Route 43, four miles north of Linden in Marengo County, Alabama. It offers picnicking, a playground and minimal camping facilities. The park is a stop on the Alabama Black Belt Birding Trail.
Chickasaw State Park occupies land Alabama has owned since 1819. In the 1930s the Civilian Conservation Corps developed the 520-acre site into a recreation area. After state budget cuts closed or curtailed several Alabama parks in 2015, it reopened in 2016 under a cooperative arrangement between Marengo County and the State Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chickasaw State Park is a stop on the Alabama Black Belt Birding Trail, a route that highlights birding sites across the state's Black Belt region. The park's mix of open ground and woodland on 520 acres gives visitors a place to watch birds, and the trail listing places it among the region's designated birding stops.
The park lies on U.S. Route 43, four miles north of Linden, and offers picnicking, a playground and minimal camping. Services were curtailed in 2015 and restored in 2016 under a Marengo County arrangement, so confirm current facilities before arriving.
The state has owned the land since 1819, and the park was laid out in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It closed or cut services during the 2015 state budget cuts, then reopened in 2016 under a cooperative arrangement between Marengo County and the State Parks Division.
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