Gulf State Park is a 6,150 acre park that had it's fair share of hurricane damage over the years. Hurricane Ivan, the last to hit the area devasted the campground in 2004. If anything good came from the hurricane it was the constuction of an almost new park. The new facilities consists of nearly 500 sites either pull-thru or back-in all with level concrete pads and water, sewer, and electric (30/50 amp). These amenities were in place when we were here last but what I didn't expect was what I saw on my morning walk.
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| Our pull-thru site #197 |
Oh yeah, as soon as we arrived we noticed a new registration office. And yes you can now book reservations online...sometimes. The new office is much nicer than the old trailer.
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| Tennis Courts |
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| New 5000 square foot swimming pool (not heated) |
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| Kiddies splash pool |
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| New Interactive Nature Center with live snakes (non-venomous) |
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| New Store and Boat Rental Area |
Gulf State Park also has 3 spring fed fresh water lakes, Lake Shelby, Middle Lake, and Little Lake all great for fishing and canoeing. However, beware alligators do lurch in these waters. You can spot them on a regular basis.
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| Middle Lake |
Gulf State Park also has WiFi now throughout the park and it's pretty fast. After the hurricane destroyed the original fishing pier a mass construction was undertaken of the longest fishing pier into the gulf of Mexico (1,540 ft). For a couple of bucks you can walk on the pier where you can have lunch at the concession and watch the fisherman. Or you can buy a one day licence and fish all day.
Besides the 18 hole golf course in the park, there are miles of trails either paved, hard packed dirt, or sand.
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| One of many trails |
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| Several carvings throughout the park |
Now you know why we will be back. Oh and did I mention the price is right also.
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