Gulf State Park, Alabama

This is a very different state park from any we’ve been in. It has 496 campsites all with electric, water, and sewer. It has 8 tent sites.

You can stay here for the season (if you apply the November of the previous year and are lucky enough to get a spot). Some sites are short term only. Our neighbors wanted to stay 6 weeks and ended up with three different campsites, each for two weeks. I waited until October 26 to reserve a site and could only get two nights.

With so many campsites it does somewhat resemble a village.

However, it has 6,000 acres and over 28 miles of trails. It also has two miles of beach, right on the Gulf of Mexico, two restaurants, a lodge, cabins, nature center, pickle ball courts and more. No wonder it’s so popular.

I prefer the foot trails,

but most of the trails are gravel, paved,

or wide boardwalks suitable for biking. Biking is very popular here, there even seems to be a bike club! I’ve seen several signs in front of campers that say “Folks on Spokes, Gulf Shores, Alabama”. It would be a nice place to spend some time, but we’ll enjoy our two nights.