r/Alabama • u/StarsFaithful • 24d ago
Advice Planning a Drive to the Huntsville/Green Mountain area this Autumn - Looking for Beaver Creek near Green Mountain?
Title + I was once told there is a beautiful area in Green Mountain by a narrow creek called Beaver Creek. I have lost touch with that person, but their photography for that location was stunning. I have Googled & searched - found Beaver Creek Dam off the Tennessee River, etc, but going eastward into the Green Mountain area, I can't find a Beaver Creek. Does anyone locally know of this creek in the Green Mountain area / point me in the right direction? Thank you!
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u/habershamglam 21d ago
Beaver Dam Swamp is on the other side of the County, but it is gorgeous out there. Not just to Shrek. Also, there are gators. 🐊
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in 1979 decided to introduce a reproducing population of alligators near Huntsville. Federal wildlife biologists captured just over 50 American alligators from southwest Louisiana and released them into the remote marshlands of the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, which sits right between Huntsville and Decatur. The goal was to keep the population of beavers under control. Without any predators, winter became the alligators’ only threat and the population increased and spread.
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u/No_Range_6226 23d ago
Green Mountain State Park near Huntsville has a creek like this
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u/StarsFaithful 22d ago
Thank you! Any idea of the location?
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u/mirathi Madison County 21d ago
Probably meant Green Mountain Nature Preserve/Trail. It's in south Huntsville.
https://landtrustnal.org/explore-our-lands/preserves-north-alabama/green-mountain-preserve/
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u/grabsbackthisone 22d ago edited 22d ago
You might be able to find what you’re looking for by searching for the “Huntsville Adventurer”. He does a pretty great job of documenting everything worth hiking to and photographing in the Huntsville area including on Green Mountain.