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Peace, Ponies, Ponds @ Pinchona

2 sites ¡ RVs, Tents120 acres ¡ Hope Hull, AL
Quiet laid back horse farm that features nature trails through woods, a pond to fish and a creek to explore. Horses dot the landscape to add a serene calming atmosphere. Two camp sites that are adjacent to a 3 acre pond. Fishing for bream and catfish is available. Wild life grace the property including deer, turkey, hawks, herons, egrets, snakes , raccoon, armadillo, fox, squirrels and possums. Located 20 minutes from downtown historic Montgomery, Alabama the birthplace of the civil war and civil rights movement. The Legacy Museum, Old Alabama Town, Zelda and F Scot Fitzgerald Museum, Riverwalk Stadium Home of the Biscuits, Riverboat rides and Hank Williams gravesite. Numerous restaurants with a variety of cuisines. Minutes away from Safari Park.
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Murchison Farm's Primitive Camping

291 sites ¡ RVs, Tents288 acres ¡ Pine Apple, AL
SPRING FLING MUSIC FESTIVAL Murchison Farm’s Primitive Camping/Campground Murchison.farm@hotmail.com 334-437-0575 Our Old Family Farm is blessed with several Natural Features. Among these are Cold Water Springs, which make their way from deep underground, and a beautiful Natural Amphitheater featuring phenomenal acoustic values. Long before Europeans began to settle in North America, our Amphitheater served as an important meeting site for uncountable generations of Native American tribes. It continued to function in that capacity until sometimes around the time tribes moved to other locations. It is now with great pleasure that we have decided to open this beautiful setting to the public. We will host our Music Festival and Swap Meet on the first weekend of April 2024, Friday the 5th, Saturday the 6th, and Sunday the 7th. ALL GENRES OF MUSIC WELCOME! Murchison Farm’s Primitive Camping will host our Music Festival and Swap Meet during for the first weekend in April 2024 – Friday 5th, Saturday 6th, and Sunday 7th. Performances will be held in our beautiful natural Amphitheater. Any and All musicians are encouraged to come share their music in this acoustically rich setting. If you have specific dates and times you would prefer for your performance, please contact me as soon as possible so that I can schedule your time. Our Festival will be free to anyone who books a campsite during that weekend. There will be a small admission fee of $7/person per day for all non-campers who attend. Murchison Farm's Primitive Camping will retain $2 of the 7 and $5 will go into a pool to divide between performing musicians each day. We will take our small share to defray expenses and improve our venue. Performing Musicians and Swap Meet Venders receive a special rate of 75% off, by using the promo code QF6NTXI1 when booking through Hipcamp.com. If you are a non-camper, we have discounted 3 day passes available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/murchison-farms-spring-fling-music-festival-tickets-823232940887?aff=oddtdtcreator Non-camping Musicians, who perform, are not charged to attend – 0 admission fee. Although it is in the plans for us to provide electricity in the future, there is currently no electricity source available for public access. Our Natural Amphitheater is perfect for acoustic performances without additional amplification. All musicians are encouraged to bring battery powered electronics that they may need for their performances. I have tested a small Spark Positive Grid battery powered amplifier and it works wonderfully in this setting. There will be a Buy/Trade/Sell- Swap Meet event also. Bring a table and set up your booth. There will be no additional fees charged beyond the $7 per person entry fee required at the gate. The Gospel Chimes are scheduled to perform on Friday the 5th at 3:00pm until 4:00 pm. Guitar Center will be on site offering music lessons. Our Farm booth will offer a wide range of items, including antique comic books, toys, heirloom plants, used books, and the list goes on. If you are a Sports Trading Card fan, you may want to bring some loose change - We will have an extensive inventory of High-Quality cards available and priced at 50cents each or 3 for $1. Admission will begin at 9:00am each day. The first 100 people through the gates will receive a chance for door prizes. Among the door prizes are included a 2002 Brilliant Uncirculated American Silver Eagle Dollar, a small package of antique comic books, an antique brown Clorox glass bottle, as well as other interesting items. In addition, we will be providing a minimum of 3 quality guitars as prizes. The first item up for grabs is a brand-new Limited Edition Squier Sonic® Esquire® H. Anyone who is interested can get one free raffle ticket. Additional raffle tickets are priced at just $3 each. The second item being raffled is a black Les Paul, with it's tickets priced at only $5 each. One of our lucky performing Musicians will win their choice of either a Jackson JS22 Dinky Metallic Blue Solid Body Electric Guitar or Brand-new Surf Green Affinity Series Stratocaster. Each musician, who performs at our festival, will receive one chance to win for each day they perform. ** Official Performance times are as follow : Friday from 11am until... Saturday from 10am until... Sunday from 10am until... In between activities guest are welcome to hike our farm roads, explore our trails, fish, and enjoy the outdoors. ** All prizes will be awarded at 4:00pm on Sunday the 7th. You must be present to win. Depending on the attendance and interest, possibly more musical instruments may become available for raffles or as prizes for activities yet to be announced. We have added a new activity which includes Community Bonfires each night of the festival. The largest Bonfire is scheduled to begin around dark on Saturday. For more information call 334-437-0575 Please check our Hipcam.com listing often - Murchison Farm’s Primitive Camping - for revisions, updates, and additional information. For those who enjoy viewing the night sky and all of the beauty if offers, you will find it difficult indeed to find a better viewing venue. According to official light pollution maps, there is only one other campground east of the Mississippi River that can match our dark night skies. You may well find stars, constellations of stars, meteors streaking overhead, and views of The Milky Way that you can only find in a very limited number of places - in today's world. If you enjoy fishing, you might enjoy floating on one(or both) of our 2 ponds. Fish, and wildlife also, have become active in their rush to prepare for Winter. Hope to see you soon! A little bit about our property: This property has been in the family for multiple generations. Our Old Family Farm has been an agricultural farm, a cattle farm, and now is a tree farm and nature preserve. Our primitive campground offers mixture of open land, young timber, ancient hardwood, fishing ponds, spring heads, and streams. We even have a small section of swampland. We practice an active controlled burn program and almost always have some freshly burned areas that are fairly clean of vegetation - as well as several areas with fresh regrowth. It is not uncommon to come across Deer sheds and other interesting finds when taking a walk. If You love nature and are interested in Primitive camping, you can also enjoy a dark sky experience in several of our open areas. According to some our astronomer guests, our night skies are mapped as the darkest skies around, east of the Mississippi River, with the exception of one other campground located east of us. Chances are that your Children may see stars that they have never viewed before. When was the last time you stepped out into your yard, looked up, and clearly saw the Milky Way? Learn more about this land: Apparently, we are not meeting the expectations of everyone coming to camp with us. In order to prevent further disappointment, we have added the following paragraphs. We do have several Glamping Sites in the works and hope to have at least one of them available sometimes early next year. Currently we only have a very limited number of primitive campsites that are easily accessible by passenger cars. We Are A Primitive Campground. We offer only a limited number of camp sites that are developed to convenience. We have many awesome spots, but some may require a small to moderate amount of time to clean and dress up for your comfort.  A simple cutting tool, such as a machete or ax, will make short and quick work out of your campsite prep. Murchison Farm has served in many different farming capacities, throughout generations of stewards. It's many operations have included row crops, cattle production, goat herds, horses, chicken and turkey production, as well as Tree farming. We are currently operating as a Tree Farm, Wildlife Preserve/Reserve, and Primitive Campground - in that order of priority. If you like clear wide-open areas, you should plan your camping trip for fall, winter, spring, and early summer. Because of our intense controlled burn schedule, you will find the farmland extremely lush and full of botanical growth - during the summer months. Grass, bushes, vines, low lying tree limbs, and a variety of other plants flourish to the point that some areas of the property appear overgrown and unkept. Not much else could be further from the truth. In fact, the massive growth can largely be attributed to all of the nutrients released from the burn process. Much of the lower plant growth is consumed, from our burn activity, and easily available for new growth. During other periods of the year, the same little area may consist largely of bare soil spotted with new green growth. We currently have an inventory of firewood, available for purchase. With that being said, there is an abundance of deadwood and broken limbs available around the farm, if you would like to pick it up. This includes firewood sometimes left by previous campers. Please do not cut down any living trees or shrubs. Primitive Camping may not be for everyone! I suggest that you take the Name, into account, and do a little research into the Actual Practice.  We offer some campsites which can be easily accessed with cars, but many may require 4-wheel drive, or low hanging branches which may scratch your vehicle. If You are looking for an orderly and well-groomed commercial Campground, Our Primitive Campground may not be for you.  Pitch your tent in one of our beautiful grass covered fields, secluded and private retreats, or under some ancient old trees, and enjoy access to 263 acres of pure nature. You can go fishing, swimming, hiking, or sit back and enjoy the sounds of nature on this farm out in the country.  You can even go wading in a beautiful creek.  Get off the beaten path, and maybe even turn your phone off for a couple of days... .  Secluded, yet conveniently located near major attractions - starting within a 35-minute drive. We offer special programs for qualifying groups, including Boy Scouts, Church Youth Groups, Family and other events. Most are very low cost or free. You are encouraged to ask about them if you are interested. PLEASE REMEMBER, MURCHISON FARM IS A PRIVATELY OWNED CAMPGROUND. Please DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY THAT YOU DID NOT BRING IN - with the exception of any extra items you may have purchased through Hipcamp.   Sit back and relax, go exploring, and/or do some peaceful fishing. Hope to see you soon! .
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Little Woodland Paradise

7 sites ¡ Tents3 acres ¡ Wetumpka, AL
Come stay at our charming little woodland paradise. We are located on 2.55 acres, in the country. The gazebo, down the hill from the house, offers a wonderful place to eat, read, drink coffee or play games. We have many games on hand for you to play that are sure to keep you laughing. The rock firepit is large and is perfect for those chilly nights. Firewood available for sale for $5 a bundle. We also have a small smokeless pit up by the gazebo. Please make sure all fires are put out and all tiki torches are extinguished before going to sleep. We do own chickens and have a cute chicken coop down the hill. They're relatively quiet, but you may hear them, during the day, as they're laying. We also have one dog, but she is in the white fenced in area and is very friendly. There are flower beds, flowering trees, bushes and wildflowers scattered among the property. If you come at the right time of year, you'll see all the beautiful blooms. We also have wild blackberries, blueberry bushes and scuppernong vines. Feel free to forage on those while you're with us. There is a lot of wildlife you could potentially see while staying here such as squirrels, chipmunks, beautiful birds of all kinds, lots of butterflies, owls, red tailed hawks, armadillos, racoons and even foxes. After a heavy rain, you will hear our small creek trickling. We have unlimited tent camping sites, with access to a water hose only. They are located down the hill, to the back of our property. Our one back in rv pad has 30 amp electric and water hookups and is located next to the house. 30 foot maximum length rig. We also have one boondocking gravel pad available, with no hookups, that is located across the driveway from our house. Quiet hours are from 10pm until 6am. Absolutely no discharging of firearms allowed at any time. Alcohol is permitted, for those 21 and older, as long as the noise level and behavior don't become a nuisance. There will be no tolerance for use of illegal drugs. Dogs are allowed as long as they aren't aggressive and not allowed to roam outside of our property. Please be sure to clean up after them. Our cute, quaint little town of Wetumpka is only 5 miles down the road. It was featured on HGTV's Hometown Takeover in 2021, was featured in the movie Big Fish and is a picture perfect town, with many locally owned shops and restaurants. It's located right on the Coosa River, where you can kayak in the summer, launch your boat or fish year round. There's also a fantastic park with a nice walking trail that goes along the river. Stop in at Coosa River Craft House or Coosa Cleaver for refreshing adult beverages and live music. Look for the Big Fish house. It's the big white house on the hill. We are 10 minutes from Lake Jordan and 30 from Lake Martin. Fort Toulouse National Historic Park is 15 minutes away. There you can tour over 6,000 years of history. You can tour the French and American Forts or the Mississippian Indian Mound site, or just relax and take a walk along the trails. Just ten minutes north of us is Swayback Bridge. There are five loop trials available, ranging from 1 miles to 11.2 miles. You can hike or bike them. The bridge is 290 feet long and does over Lake Jordan. There are many festivals that happen throughout the year in our cute little town, including the Mardi Gras Festival and Galentine's in Feb., Coosa Palooza Brewfest in April, the River and Blues Music and Arts Festival in July, the Coosa Candy Crawl in Oct., and Christmas on the Coosa in Dec. Wind Creek Casino is only 6 miles from our property, if you want to chance your luck with some gaming. We are 20 miles from Montgomery, which is jam packed with civil rights historical sites, museums, a zoo, fabulous restaurants, a riverboat cruise on the Alabama River, a sip and cycle pedal boat cruise, and a white water rafting park.
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The best camping near Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail guide

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The march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama marked a turning point in the civil rights movement. The 54-mile march to the capital was a nonviolent demonstration to bring attention to voting rights for people of color. Five months after the march, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.

Start your tour of this historic trail in Selma at the visitor's center. The center is at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It gives you an introduction as to what to expect along the historic trail. The bridge was where the marchers left Selma. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers savagely beat and bloodied many of the 500 marchers on the bridge.

Organizers of the march, including Dr. Martin Luther King, expected the violent response. Two weeks later, on March 21, another march occurred. This time, police weren't allowed to interfere due to a court's ruling. Over the course of five days, some of them in the chilly rain, thousands of marchers walked along State Highway 80 to the capital.

Today, you can stand on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Imagine the chaos of Bloody Sunday. On one side of the bridge stood 500 marchers. On the other side were dozens of state troopers. The marchers continued to walk even though they feared for their lives.

Then, follow the historic trail signs on Highway 80 to Montgomery. Interpretive signs and centers along the way describe what happened during the march. Regular events and programs also help bring the significance of the Selma march to light.

Campsites in the area put you close to the path of history. Both Selma and Montgomery themselves have other sites to see if you're a history buff.

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