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Meaher State Park

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Area
  
1,327 kmĀ²

Phone
  
+1 251-626-5529

Meaher State Park

Address
  
5200 Battleship Pkwy, Spanish Fort, AL 36527, USA

Similar
  
Historic Blakeley State Park, Frank Jackson State Park, Roland Cooper State Park, Bladon Springs State Park, Paul M Grist State Park

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Meaher state park spanish fort alabama


Meaher State Park is a publicly owned recreation area located on Big Island, an island at the north end of Mobile Bay that lies within the city limits of Spanish Fort, Alabama. The state park occupies 1,327 acres (537 ha) along the shoreline of Ducker Bay, at the junction of Mobile Bay and the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. It is surrounded by wetlands of the Mobile Bay estuary. The park is accessed from Battleship Parkway, known locally as the "Causeway," and is managed by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

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History

The park opened in 1989. The land was donated to the state for public recreational use by Augustine Meaher, a descendant of the noted 19th-century steamboat operator John Meaher, for whom the park is named.

Activities and amenities

The park features an interpretive boardwalk through the wetlands, picnic area, boat ramp, fishing pier, two cabins, and a camping area with 56 individual campsites.

References

Meaher State Park Wikipedia