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Family camping with swimming, hiking, fishing, creeks/pond, and shady spacious sites! |
Ider, Alabama Thunder Canyon page is moving! See above! |
Campfires okay! Roast more marshmallows! |
Campers of all shapes and sizes are welcome! Sites with water, electric and sewer. Plenty of primitive sites too! |
THUNDER CANYON CAMPGROUND AND RV PARK |
Pull thru and hook up. Back in and get out the hammock. Pitch your tent and roll out the sleeping bag. Its time to relax and this is the time and the place. |
Leave only footprints at THUNDER CANYON CAMPGROUND. Recycle and protect our environment. Member of the NATIONAL CAMPGROUND ASSOCIATION. Their rules enforced. |
FROM IDER TO: Ft. Payne- 25 miles Chattanooga- 35 miles Huntsville- 75 miles Atlanta- 125 miles Birmingham- 125 miles Nashville- 125 miles |
This page was last updated on: July 26, 2001
We have been here since 1973! Come make new friends! |
My email address: thundercanyon@farmerstel.com |
Stay with us while you wander through these historic lands. |
LOOK WHATS BLOOMING AROUND THUNDER CANYON! Visit our local saddle shops...see them made and breathe in the history of our forefathers. Come dip your toes in cold mountain water! Get ready for Mule Day! Coming Labor Day in Ider! North Alabama Community College Theatre's summer presentation will be "The Wizard of Oz"...Show dates announced later. Admission $4.00. First Monday Trade Day in Scottsboro, Alabama, an icon of old Southern hospitality. Hosted the first Monday of every month. Held around the old Town Square. Open on the Sat. and Sun. before, and the first Monday of the month! Collinsville Collinsville Trade Day They have everything! Don't miss it! Mentone Arts and crafts from the talented artisans of the South. Stevenson Visit the old train station! Pisgah Visit beautiful Pisgah Gorge! Entertainment in SE Tennessee Coolidge Park, a 6 acre park along the north shore of the Tennessee River featuring a restored 100-year-old carousel with 53 animals carved locally at the country's only carousel carving school. The park connects with the Riverwalk and features an interactive play fountain and two metal hopscotch courts. Carousel hours are Monday -Thursday, 11a.m.-7p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11a.m.-8p.m. and Sunday, 1-6p.m. To ride, 50cents for children and seniors,$1 for ages 13 and up. More info call 423-757-2142. Tennessee Freshwater Aquarium, an incredible variety of sights and sounds. Plan to spend the day! NW Georgia..... Lookout Mountain Flight Park, Scenic Hwy., Lookout Mountain, Ga. The country's oldest and best known school for hang-gliding. 1,500 feet to the valley below! Tandem flights are available for those who just want to try.. Web site: www.hang-glide.com. Fly year-round! For more information call 706-398-3541 More Kickin' FUN in NE Alabama..... I-59 Indoor Flea Market at exit # 231 on I-59. Open Saturdays and Sundays. Plenty of great deals! Sight see in NE Alabama.....Take a scenic drive! Begin your journey on Hwy. 117 from Mentone, Alabama through Ider to Stevenson, Alabama and continue into Tennessee through Sherwood, up Monteagle Mountain to Sewanee, home of the University of the South. One of the South's most beautiful campus' or..... Take DeKalb Co. Rd 140 from Ider to Sulphur Springs......go north on I-59 to Rising Fawn, Georgia and try your luck at the Fox Mountain Trout Farm where the crystal clear waters flow from a cave at the base of the mountain and the trout rise to meet you or...... Try a trip from Ider to Flat Rock (Hwy. 117) to Higdon and onward to Bryant on Hwy. 72. At the crossroads , take Hwy. 73 down Sand Mountain to Nickajack for spectacular views of the Cumberland Plateau and the Tennessee River. Don't miss the thousands of bats leaving Nickajack Cave at dusk. The possibilities are endless, explore..... Come stay with us for your adventures....Come back for the tranquility. |
WATER is FLOWING in our creeks. Nearby fishing is also available at DeKalb County Public Lake in Sylvania. |
Only YOU can prevent forest fires |
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UPS delivers! |
Listen to the sounds of the Barred Owls in the Spring. |
Trillium |
Columbine |
Come see me bloom. |
Alabama was named for the Alabama River, which in turn was named for an Indian tribe Nicknames: The Heart of Dixie; historically, the Yellowhammer State Location: Southeastern United States; Eastern Gulf Coast Borders: Tennessee on the north, Georgia (east), Florida (south), Gulf of Mexico (southwest) & Mississippi (west) Area: 51,718 square miles (the 29th biggest state) Geographic Center: Chilton County, 12 miles southwest of Clanton Highest Elevation: Cheaha Mt., Cleburne County, 2,407 feet Lowest Elevation: Gulf of Mexico, sea level Alabama's most important industries include paper, lumber and wood products, mining, rubber and plastic products, transportation equipment and apparel. Facts about the beautiful state of Alabama State Flower: Camellia State Tree: Longleaf Pine State Nut: Pecan State Bird: Yellowhammer, or Common Flicker State Game Bird: Turkey State Horse: Racking Horse State Reptile: Alabama Red-bellied Turtle State Saltwater Fish: Tarpon State Freshwater Fish: Largemouth Bass State Insects: Monarch and Eastern Swallowtail Butterflies State Shell: Johnstone's Junonia Earth Symbols: State Unofficial Soil: Bama State Fossil: Basilosaurus cetoides State Rock: Marble State Mineral: Hematite State Gemstone: Star Blue Quartz Keep Alabama beautiful |
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