Tuskegee National Forest

Last updated February 16, 2025

Tuskegee National Forest
Visitor on Bartram's Trail, Tuskegee National Forest, July 2015

Location	Macon County, Alabama, U.S.
Nearest city	Tuskegee, AL
Coordinates	32°28′35″N85°36′26″W / 32.47639°N 85.60722°W / 32.47639; -85.60722
Area	11,252 acres (45.54 km²)
Max. elevation	568 ft. (173 m), 32.4853, -85.5592
Established	November 27, 1959^[1]
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Official website

The Tuskegee National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in Macon County, Alabama, just north of Tuskegee and west of Auburn.^[2] The topography is level to moderately sloping, with broad ridges with stream terraces and broad floodplains.

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Tuskegee National Forest is the smallest national forest in the U.S. (and one of only six that is contained entirely within a single county), but supports many outdoor activities.

The forest is headquartered in Montgomery, as are all four of Alabama's National Forests. The other National Forests in the state are Conecuh, Talladega and William B. Bankhead. There are local ranger district offices located in Tuskegee.

Outdoor activities

There are four main hiking trails within the National Forest and three of these are also mountain biking trails. In particular, part of the Bartram Trail runs through the National Forest. There are also horse trails, two fish ponds, the Uchee Shooting Range, Tsinia Wildlife Viewing Area, primitive camping and the Taska Recreation Area.^[3]

References

↑ Proclamation 3326: Establishing the Tuskegee National Forest, Alabama, the Oconee National Forest, Georgia, and the Tombigbee National Forest, Mississippi. Dwight D. Eisenhower. November 27, 1959. 74 Stat c23.
↑ "National Forests in Alabama". USDA Forest Service. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved October 5, 2008.
↑ U.S. Forest Service, "National Forests in Alabama", December 18, 2008, "", February 9, 2010

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Protected areas of Alabama

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Horseshoe Bend Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Institute
National Monuments	Birmingham Civil Rights Freedom Riders Russell Cave
National Forests	Conecuh Talladega Tuskegee William B. Bankhead
National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour Cahaba River Choctaw Eufaula Fern Cave Key Cave Mountain Longleaf Sauta Cave Watercress Darter Wheeler
National Wilderness areas	Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Sipsey Fork
National Natural Landmarks	Beaver Creek Swamp Cathedral Caverns Dismals Canyon Mobile-Tensaw River Bottom Lands Newsome Sinks Karst Area Red Mountain Expressway Cut Shelta Cave
National Historic Landmarks	USS Alabama Apalachicola Fort Barton Hall Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guard House Bottle Creek Indian Mounds Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church Mobile Old City Hall Henry D. Clayton House J.L.M. Curry Home Dexter Avenue Baptist Church USS Drum Episcopal Church of the Nativity First Confederate Capitol Fort Mitchell Fort Morgan Fort Toulouse and Fort Jackson Foster Auditorium Gaineswood Government Street Presbyterian Church Ivy Green Kenworthy Hall Old Monroe County Courthouse Montgomery (snagboat) Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed Moundville Archaeological Site Neutral Buoyancy Space Simulator Edmund Pettus Bridge Propulsion and Structural Test Facility Redstone Test Stand St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle 16th Street Baptist Church Sloss Blast Furnaces Swayne Hall Tuskegee Institute United States Post Office and Courthouse–Montgomery Wilson Dam Yuchi Town Site
Other protected areas	Little River Canyon National Preserve Natchez Trace Trail Pinhoti National Recreation Trail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Weeks Bay Reserve

State

State Parks	Bladon Springs Blue Springs Buck's Pocket Cathedral Caverns Chattahoochee Cheaha Chewacla Chickasaw Confederate Memorial Park DeSoto Florala Frank Jackson Gulf Joe Wheeler Lake Guntersville Lake Lurleen Lakepoint Meaher Monte Sano Oak Mountain Paul M. Grist Rickwood Caverns Roland Cooper Tannehill Ironworks Wind Creek
State Forests	Choccolocco Hauss Geneva Little River Macon Weogufka
Wildlife Management Areas	Charles D. Kelley Autuaga County Barbour Black Warrior Blue Spring Boggy Hollow Choccolocco Coosa Dallas County David K. Nelson Freedom Hills Geneva State Forest Grand Bay Savanna Hollins Jackson County Waterfowl Management Areas and Refuges James D. Martin-Skyline Lauderdale Little River Lowndes Martin Community Hunting Area W.L. Holland and Mobile–Tensaw River Delta Mulberry Fork Sam R. Murphy Oakmulgee Perdido River Red Hills Riverton Community Hunting Area Seven-Mile Island Swan Creek Mallard-Fox Creek Upper Delta William R. Ireland Sr. - Cahaba River Yates Lake
Special Opportunity Areas	Blackwater River Cedar Creek Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge Crow Creek Fred T. Simpson Little River State Forest Portland Landing Prairie Glades Thigpen Hill Uchee Creek Upper State
Forever Wild Land Tracts (may not include tracts that are part of other larger protected areas)	M. Barnett Lawley - State Cattle Ranch Field Trial Area Big Canoe Creek Blowing Springs Cave Nature Preserve Bon Secour Swift School Nature Preserve Cahaba River Park Certain Nature Preserve and Recreation Area Coldwater Mountain - Doug Ghee Nature Preserve Coon Creek Coon Gulf - Glawson D’Olive Bay Forever Wild Trails at Beaver Creek Heron Bay Wetlands Hinds Road Outcrop Lillian Swamp Complex Live Oak Landing Old Cahawba Prairie Preserve Pike County Pocosin Portersville Bay Wetlands Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve Billingsley-McClure Shoal Creek Preserve Ruth McClellan Abronski Splinter Hill Bog Preserve Turkey Creek Nature Preserve Upper Wolfe Bay Savannah and Marsh Wehle
Canoe Trails	Bartram Canoe Trails System Perdido River Canoe Trail
Alabama Historical Sites	Alabama State Capitol Belle Mont Historic House Bottle Creek Indian Mounds State Archaeological Site Confederate Memorial Park Fendall Hall Historic House The Forks of Cypress State Archaeological Site Fort Mims State Historic Site Fort Morgan State Historic Site Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson State Historic Site Freedom Rides Museum Gaineswood Historic House Historic Blakeley State Park Magnolia Grove Historic House Middle Bay Lighthouse Historic Lighthouse Moundville Archaeological Park Old Cahawba Archeological Park Pond Spring Historic House
Other protected areas	Barton's Beach Preserve Blevins Gap Nature Preserve Buttahatchie River Watershed Landscape Conservation Area Cahaba River Landscape Conservation Area Chitwood Barrens Preserve Coosa Bog Preserve Dennis Cove Preserve Dry Creek Preserve Fenvkvcēkv Creek Preserve Gulf Islands Landscape Conservation Area Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve Keel Mountain Preserve Lower Perdido Islands Landscape Conservation Area Mobile-Tensaw Delta Landscape Conservation Area Paint Rock River Landscape Conservation Area Perdido River Preserve Perry Lakes Park Prairie Grove Glade Preserve Pratt's Ferry Preserve Rabbit Island Preserve Roberta Case Pine Hills Preserve Roy B. Whitaker Preserve Walls of Jericho Preserve Wheeler Mountain

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)

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Tuskegee National Forest

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