Free and paid camping in Alabama

65 camps in Alabama: 51 free, 14 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Alabama, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

National Forests in Alabama39 camps

• Big Oak Hunter Camp1,442 ft
• Blue Mtn. Trail Shelter Site1,900 ft
• Cheaha Falls Trail Shelter Site1,112 ft
• Choccolocco Trail Shelter Site
• Laurel Trail Shelter Site1,119 ft
• Lower Shoals Trail Shelter Site1,144 ft
• Mcdougle937 ft
• McDougle Camp905 ft
• North Dugger Trail Shelter Site1,107 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #10 — Lawrence County, AL600 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #11 — Lawrence County, AL596 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #12 — Lawrence County, AL601 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #13 — Lawrence County, AL604 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #14 — Lawrence County, AL610 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #15 — Lawrence County, AL809 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #16 — Lawrence County, AL593 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #17 — Lawrence County, AL577 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #18 — Lawrence County, AL579 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #19 — Lawrence County, AL577 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — Lawrence County, AL581 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — Winston County, AL571 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #20 — Lawrence County, AL572 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — Lawrence County, AL583 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — Winston County, AL567 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #4 — Lawrence County, AL585 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #4 — Winston County, AL565 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #5 — Lawrence County, AL584 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #5 — Winston County, AL577 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #6 — Lawrence County, AL577 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #6 — Winston County, AL571 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #7 — Lawrence County, AL587 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #7 — Winston County, AL555 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #8 — Lawrence County, AL595 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #8 — Winston County, AL562 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #9 — Lawrence County, AL596 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #9 — Winston County, AL567 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Lawrence County, AL581 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Winston County, AL549 ft
• Wolf Pen Hunters Camp860 ft

ADCNR13 camps

• Canal Island floating camping platform (Bartram Canoe Trail, Upper Mobile-Tensaw Delta)fee
• Coosa WMA primitive campsite 1 (Coosa WMA hiking trail)332 ft
• Coosa WMA primitive campsite 2 (Coosa WMA hiking trail)564 ft
• Dead Lake Island floating camping platform (Bartram Canoe Trail, Upper Mobile-Tensaw Delta)fee
• Indian Mountain Tract camping area (Forever Wild, Pinhoti Trail)1,859 ft
• Jacinto Port Tract camping area (W.L. Holland WMA, Mobile-Tensaw Delta)2 ft
• Jug Lake floating camping platform (Bartram Canoe Trail, Upper Mobile-Tensaw Delta)fee
• Sipsey River Complex South Zone camping area (Forever Wild)200 ft
• Spoonbill Sandbar Campsite (Bartram Canoe Trail, Upper Mobile-Tensaw Delta)8 ft
• Two Rivers Point Campsite (Bartram Canoe Trail, Upper Mobile-Tensaw Delta)1 ft
• Walls of Jericho -- Hurricane Creek primitive camping area (near Clark Cemetery)889 ft
• Walls of Jericho primitive camping area (north end of the hiking trail parking lot)1,781 ft
• Wehle Land Conservation Center campground (Wehle Tract, Forever Wild)330 ft

U.S. Forest Service11 camps

• Clear Creek Campground708 ft · fee
• Coleman Lake Recreation Area1,163 ft · fee
• Corinth Campground584 ft · fee
• Houston Campground528 ft · fee
• Lake Chinnabee770 ft · fee
• Open Pond Recreation Area237 ft · fee
• Owl Creek869 ft · fee
• Payne Lake Recreation Area259 ft · fee
• Pine Glen951 ft · fee
• Turnipseed Hunter Camp1,135 ft · fee
• Warden Station1,276 ft · fee

Elsewhere in Alabama2 camps

• Colbert Ferry bicycle-only campground (Natchez Trace Parkway milepost 327.3)493 ft
• Sumter County87 ft · notes