Getting Outdoors in North Alabama

Our followers submitted some amazing pics in our 100 Alabama Miles photo contest, and we just had to share them all! Check out our fave ways to get outdoors in north Alabama. (cover photo by Michael Williams with Underboss Photography)

Waterfalls

Alabama is known as the land of a 1000 waterfalls, and north Alabama is home to many of them! We've got so many that we created a North Alabama Waterfall Trail. Check out these beautiful pics our followers shared of some of north Alabama's waterfalls.

 

Kayaking

Kayaking is a fun way to be in nature and get some exercise at the same time, and with all the pretty lakes, streams, and the Tennessee River in north Alabama, you'll be sure to find your fave place to kayak or canoe. Check out our Kayaking Adventure blog post, too!

 

Hiking

If hiking is your thing, north Alabama has hundreds of trails that lead to beautiful destinations. Some are easy and some are difficult, but all will allow you to see some of the prettiest scenery.

 

Fishing

With eight amazing lakes all over north Alabama, you can bet the fishing is good...and it is! Lake Guntersville is known for its bass fishing, Weiss Lake is known for its crappie fishing, and people from all over the country come to north Alabama just to fish our lakes.

 

Thanks to all who submitted your pictures of how you're active in north Alabama! We loved seeing them all. For more fun things to see and do, check out our website at www.northalabama.org.

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Melea Hames

A 1995 Auburn University graduate, Melea has been a social media manager in the tourism industry since 2010 at Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association. At AMLA, Melea is responsible for creating content on Visit North Alabama’s social media platforms, writing blog posts on the website, coordinating the North Alabama Ambassador Program, and speaking at various events and meetings about social media. Melea is also the host of Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama, AMLA’s new podcast, produced by Relic Agency. The podcast won a 2022 Muse Award - Silver in the Audio/Podcast category. Melea was honored in October 2023 with the Tourism Promoter of the Year Award from the Alabama Restaurant & Hospitality Association for her work on the podcast.

Prior to working for AMLA, Melea received her Masters at UNA in Secondary Education and taught middle school English and coached middle school cheerleaders for three years. She also taught English at Calhoun Community College for 8 1/2 half years. Before that she worked in public relations for an advertising agency in Atlanta, a minor league baseball team in Columbus, Georgia, and for Auburn University in the development office. In 2020, Melea created her very own social media marketing agency called M and M Social. She loves to write, travel, walk in the park (she walked over 600 miles in 2020), go to Auburn games, and read books about WWII.