Little River Canyon National Preserve
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Contact Information:
Little River Canyon National Preserve
2141 Gault Avenue North
Fort Payne, AL 35967
256-845-9605
http://www.nps.gov/liri/
Size: 13,633 acres.
Location: Little River Canyon National Preserve is located in northeast Alabama, 40 miles west of Rome, accessible via AL 35 east of Fort Payne.
Description: Preserve protects Little River, the nation's longest mountaintop river, which flows for almost its entire length down the middle of Lookout Mountain. The river and canyon systems offer spectacular landscapes including upland forest, waterfalls, canyon rims and bluffs, stream riffles and pools, boulders, and sandstone cliffs.
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Little River Canyon National Preserve |
Operating Hours: The park is open year round. The Canyon Mouth Park Unit is a day use area.
History: Authorized October 24, 1992.
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