Buck's Pocket State Park

Buck's Pocket State Park
Buck's Pocket State Park is located in Alabama
Buck's Pocket State Park
Buck's Pocket State Park
Location in Alabama
LocationDeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall counties, Alabama, United States
Coordinates34°28′52″N 86°05′17″W / 34.48111°N 86.08806°W / 34.48111; -86.08806[1]
Area2,080 acres (840 ha)
Elevation594 ft (181 m)[1]
Established1971
Administered byAlabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Buck's Pocket State Park is a public recreation area located on Sand Mountain in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Alabama, two miles (3.2 km) north of the community of Grove Oak. The state park occupies 2,000 acres (810 ha) surrounding a natural pocket (canyon) of the Appalachian Mountain chain along South Sauty Creek, an upstream tributary on the east side of Guntersville Lake.[2] The park is known for the sweeping views of its rugged, seemingly untouched landscape provided from the heights of Point Rock.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Bucks Pocket". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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  3. ^ "Point Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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