A Vacation Guide 



NATIONAL FORESTS 



ALABAMA 



WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Montgomery, reached 

 by U. S. Highways 31, 43. (Ranger Head- 

 quarters at Haleyville.) 



Special features: Limestone gorges; Clear 

 Creek Falls; two natural bridges; wildlife 

 refuge and management area. Recreation 

 resources: Managed deer, turkey, and 

 squirrel hunting. Bass and bream fishing in 

 Brushy Lake. Improved picnic area on 

 Sipsey River. Commercial accommodations 

 at Haleyville, Russellville, Decatur, Cull- 

 man, and Jasper. Acres: 177,976. 



CONECUH NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Montgomery, reached 

 by U. S. Highway 29. (Ranger Head- 

 quarters at Andalusia.) 



Special features: Large, clear ponds. 

 Recreation resources: Bass and bream fish- 

 ing. Deer, turkey, and small-game hunting. 

 Improved picnic and swimming area at 

 Open Pond. Commercial accommodations 

 at Andalusia. Acres: 83,866. 



TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Montgomery, reached 

 by U. S. Highways 78, 241, State Highway 

 6. (Ranger Headquarters at Centerville, 

 Heflin, and Talladega.) 



Special features: Payne Lake Wildlife 

 Management Area; Skyway scenic drive; 

 Mount Cheaha, 2,407 feet elevation, high- 

 est point in Alabama; Lake Chinnabee. 

 Recreation resources: Deer, turkey, duck, 

 and squirrel hunting. Bass, bream, and 

 perch fishing. Swimming at Cheaha State 

 Park. Picnic grounds at Payne Lake and 

 Horn and Horseblock towers. Resort hotel 

 and cabins at Cheaha State Park. Com- 

 mercial accommodations at Centerville, 

 Marion, Tuscaloosa, Selma, Talladega, 

 Sylacauga, Anniston, and Heflin. Acres: 

 356,794. 



ALASKA 



CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Juneau, direct plane 

 service to Juneau. (Ranger Headquarters 

 at Cordova and Seward. ) 



Special features: Tidewater, Hanging and 

 Piedmont Glaciers. Aleut villages, pictur- 

 esque old Russian churches, native bidarkas. 



Shrimp, crab, clam, and salmon canneries. 

 Alaska Railroad. Mountains of the Kenai; 

 scenic fiords of Port Wells. Recreation 

 resources: Rainbow trout fishing in Russian 

 River. Moose, sheep, goat, and brown bear 

 hunting. Duck, grouse, and ptarmigan 

 hunting. Hiking along scenic trails; 140 

 miles of roads, 285 miles of trails. Regard- 

 ing accommodations, inquire at Cordova, 

 Seward, and Juneau offices. Plane and boat 

 services to these towns. Two improved 

 public forest camps. Rail service Anchorage 

 to Seward. Acres: 4,801,902. 



TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Juneau, direct plane 

 service to Ketchikan and Juneau. (Ranger 

 Headquarters at Ketchikan, Petersburg, 

 Craig, and Sitka.) 



Special features: Salmon canneries. 

 Totems, territorial museum, and Indian 

 villages; gateway to Canadian hinterland 

 and Yukon, "Trail of '98," gold mines. Fur 

 farms; glaciers; fiords; Alaska Highway 

 from Haines; "Ice Cap" back of Juneau; 

 fiords of Tracy Arm and Rudyerd Bay. 

 Observatories where bear can be watched 

 fishing for salmon. Ward Lake, Auke Vil- 

 lage, Admiralty Island. Recreation re- 

 sources: Trout fishing, salt-water fishing for 

 salmon and halibut. Alaskan brown and 

 grizzly bear, goat, and deer hunting. Boat- 

 ing on lakes and inland waterways. Hiking 

 scenic wilderness trails. Mountain climbing ; 

 210 miles of roads, 780 miles of trails. 

 Eighteen improved forest camp grounds. 

 Inquire concerning public camps and hotels 

 at Juneau office. Hotel accommodations in 

 all southeastern Alaska towns, all of which 

 are served by boat and plane. Acres: 

 16,045,753. 



ARIZONA 



APACHE NATIONAL FOREST 



Headquarters at Springerville, reached 

 by U. S. Highways 60, 260, 666. 



Special features: Scenic Coronado Trail 

 and other drives through spruce and moun- 

 tain-meadow country. Prehistoric Blue 

 River cliff dwellings. Big and Crescent 

 Lakes. Blue Range and Mount Baldy Wil- 

 derness Areas. (Forest lies partly in New 

 Mexico.) Recreation resources: Lake and 

 stream trout fishing. Big-game hunting, in- 



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