Little River, DeSoto(AL), and Cloudland Canyon(GA)-adding some video

[OwenM]

I am just too close to this to not plan a trip in 2013. Thanks for posting this. I knew about Desoto but not about Cloudland Canyon.

My first time, too. I'm really glad I checked it out!

Man, your making me homesick. Fort Payne is my home town and I grew up around Desoto state park and Little river canyon. Great pics....

Thanks; there's no place like home

You know you wanna! That's cool of you to take your parents along like that :thumbup:

Well, it's not like I have any shame, but that video wasn't that great.
My mother LOVES it. The high point of my year was still getting to take my Dad to Utah and Nevada, too. He told me "Well, now I know why you keep coming back here!"

 

[WILLIAM.M]

Great photos

Thanks for posting

 

[OwenM]

Thanks, Dr. Bill.

Next week should be even better!

 

[lwt210]

I went to Cloudland Canyon's website and was wondering what type of bathroom facilities they have on the backcountry campsites?

Do they have outhouse type things set up or is it true backcountry camping? I want pure primitive, or rather, as close as possible. About the only thing I want at the campsites is a fire ring and a nearby stream.

Or do they even allow open flames on their backcountry campsites? I do like the fact that you can reserve them in advance.

So doing this next year. Got to get some gear first...my son is 13 now so it is time and he is in dire need of some time away from school and electronic gadgets.

Any info on the campsites is greatly appreciated. I did find this from 2008 and was wondering if you find it to be still accurate.

http://www.campnpost.com/camping/cloudland-canyon-backcountry-trail/

 

[OwenM]

I didn't do the backpacking trail, but wouldn't expect backcountry sites to have any kind of facilities. The "walk-in" campground(there's a parking lot, but the campsites range from 10yds to over 100yds from the lot) has a bathhouse that was closed for the winter, and the RV campground has two, one of which was also closed. The walk-in sites are situated along a stream, and have a fire ring, tent platform(packed dirt in a landscaping timber framework), and a picnic table.

 

[lwt210]

I plan on hitting it this spring....the link I found said that there were outhouses but they weren't close to the campsites.

Sounds like a good starter spot to introduce my son into backcountry camping. Thanks again for the pics/post.