Exploring Wild Alabama is an exceptionally detailed guide to the most beautiful natural destinations in the state. From the rocky outcrops of the Appalachian plateaus to the sugar-white beaches of the Gulf Coasts Orange Beach and Dauphin Island Alabama offers a wealth of remarkable sites to explore by car or canoe bicycle or motorcycle or on foot.
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Intrepid explorers Kenneth M. Wills and L. J. Davenport divide Alabama into eleven geographic regions that feature state parks and preserves national monuments and forests wildlife management areas Nature Conservancy and Forever Wild properties botanical gardens and arboreta as well as falls caverns and rock cliffs. Exploring Wild Alabama provides detailed site entries to one hundred and fifty destinations. Each section is beautifully illustrated with color photographs and area maps.
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Exploring Wild Alabama includes a large state map and numerous local topographic maps to help readers locate each site. Individual site entries include
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Wills and Davenport guide travelers to Alabama jewels such as Sand Mountain??s Chitwood Barrens?? which harbors the rare Green Pitcher Plant and other