Joe Wheeler is on Highway 72, just west of Rogersville, AL. There are 116 campsites and all but 4 have sewer hook-ups. Most of the sites have some if not all shade but it is kind of hilly in the campground. The lodge is fairly nice with a resturant and a large marina. A 30 minute drive west gets you to Florance, less than an hour east and you're in Huntsville.
View Larger MapOur site for this trip, B9.
The campground is divided into 3 sections, A, B, and C, A being closest to the entrance.
The sites with the yellow numbers are section A, green is B and C is orange.
There is a bath house in each section, usually clean but they are kinda old.
There are a few pull-thrus, avoid the lower numbered ones in section A, too much incline.
There are only 3 or 4 sites that are really on the water and they are in section C. Some of the other sites that look like water sites on the campground map are up hill and a little piece off the water but still nice sites.
If you reserve a site at Joe Wheeler, you just get a site, not a specific one. They will assign you one when you check in or if they're not crowded, you can just pick your own.These pictures were taken on a Tuesday, by the weekend they were about 2/3s full.
Joe Wheeler is a nice place to spend a few days relaxing, not a lot to do in the area but within 30 minutes you can be in Florence or less than an hour you can be in Huntsville. Fishing and boating are the main attactions to the park.
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