Hurricane Creek Park, Alabama, United States
4.5 (13 reviews) Spent Ranking #2 in Vinemont Parks
Beautiful waterfalls and cascades
Hurricane Creek Park offers some of the most pristine and unique nature around. The park offers several miles of trails for hiking or jogging, as well as, areas for picnicking. The park is anchored by Hurricane Creek which flows through the middle of the deep Hurricane Creek gorge and has carved out beautiful rock formations, caves and more. Park classics include the Twilight Tunnel, Deadman's Squeeze, natural rock cliffs and bluffs. The park also offers some of the best rock climbing across the southeast with easy rock faces for beginners up to more difficult climbs for the adrenaline-seeking expert. Group rates are also available for out First Time Rock Climbing Program for your youth group, summer camp, business or other organization. The deck at the front entrance also offers picnic tables for birthday parties and special events.
Address
22600 US Highway 31, Vinemont, AL 35179-5978
Mobile
Website
http://www.cullmanrecreation.org
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 11:11
User Ratings
4.5 based on (13 reviews)
Reviews
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5Adam H 5:00 PM Nov 10, 2013
Beautiful colors in the fall!
My family visited this park over the weekend. It is tucked out of the way just off interstate 65 on highway 31 heading toward Cullman, AL at the bottom of a very steep hill. We arrived in the gravel parking lot at around 11:00 am CST. As the title of the review states, it was fall and the leaves were changing and had started to fall rapidly. There were bright colors of green, red, yellow, brown, and gold all over the area. The office area was clean and there were a few climbing walls just outside to test any equipment that they offered for sale. They offer climbing gear for anyone brave (read crazy) enough to scale the rock faces around the park. They have a mountain biking trails and also rock climbing instruction on site. We took the High trail which is a 1.5 miles hiking trail around the North side of the park. My family consists of my wife, eight year old daughter, five year old daughter and myself. We are all in fairly good physical condition. The ground was covered in leaves and made footing difficult at times. However, for the most part, we enjoyed ourselves and even our five year old was taking in the scenery as she hiked the trail. There were some very steep portions of the trail where we had to hold her hand and I directed my older daughter where to step. The picnic areas were spread out and covered a lot of area. This gave a sense of solitude even when there were other hikers in the area that we found relaxing. The park has a stream (read creek) running through it that gives it it's name of Hurricane Creek. If it were not chilly, we might have played around and waded in the creek. Overall, the visit was enjoyable. The hiking was not very difficult although there were some steep areas that you might want to be extra cautious on. There were more trails available but I don't think the youngest would have been able to complete all the trails. We found the scenery to be gorgeous and would recommend a visit. We will be coming back to look at the other trails and maybe get in some mountain biking as well. Caveat - $11 for the whole family to hike the trails. $3 adults $2.50 children under 17
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5Kristin O 5:00 PM Jul 21, 2015
Hiking
It is a beautiful place. Steep hike in places. Be sure to go after a lot of rain though. The waterfall wasn't running when we went. I can't wait to go back when it's not 100 degrees.
