Park Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 278
Pelham, AL 35124
Operating Hours:
The park generally closes one hour before dark. For registered camping and cabin guests, the front gate is open 24 hours a day. After hours registration is available at the Front Entrance Gate for Cabin and Camping Guests until 9 p.m.
Day Use Fees: Weekdays: $2 for Adults
Weekends and Holidays: $3 for Adults
Children 6 to 11 years of age: $1
Senior Citizens 62 years of age and older: $1
As Alabama's largest park, Oak Mountain provides 9,940 acres of pine-studded ridges and lush green hardwood bottoms. The park offers vacation cottages, golf, pro shop with snack bar, improved camping, picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, mountain bike trails, backpacking, a demonstration farm and horseback riding facilities. With the largest area and variety of outdoor recreational pursuits, Oak Mountain is sure to provide excitement for every member of the family!
The Wildlife Center: Located in Oak Mountain State Park, it is the largest wildlife rehabilitation center in Alabama and cares for over 2,000 injured and orphaned wild creatures each year. Visitors may view the rehabilitation process through one-way glass and learn about native species.
Tree-top Nature Trail
The Treetop Nature Trail offers close-up views of unreleasable hawks and owls in natural habitat enclosures from an elevated walkway in the woods. Open every day, it is handicapped accessible.
*Please Note: The Park Office is the only facility that has Internet access, so if you want specific information on reservations for campsites or cabins, please call 1-800-ALA-PARK and choose Oak Mountain, or call 205-620-2524 for Cabin Reservations or 205-620-2527 for Camping Reservations. If you have any other questions, please call 205-620-2520.
Shelby County Tourism - The Shelby County Tourism, Hospitality and Events website provides tourism related information for all types of visitors to the region.
The FOX6 WebCam is located at Oak Mountain State Park. Click here to view the weather forecast for the Oak Mountain State Park area. The webcam updates every 60 seconds.
