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Northeast Loop Site 48: Little River Canyon National Preserve Drive

Directions: From Interstate I-59, take Exit 2118 and travel south on AL Hwy 35 for 1.2 miles to US Hwy 11. Turn left onto Hwy 11 and head north for 1.2 miles to Hwy 35/5th Street. Turn right onto Hwy 35/5th Street and drive south 8.6 miles to AL Hwy 176. Turnright onto Hwy 176/Little River Canyon parkway and follow the northern rim of the canyon for 11 miles to the pull out on the left.

Description: As you drive along the rim of this incredibly scenic canyon, listen in the open fields for Yellow-breasted Chats and Prairie Warblers. Farther don in the canyon, Yellow=throated Warblers and Red-eted Verios can be heard calling from below while Rough-winged Swallows and Chimney Swifts carouse overhead. The canyon is at its best during fall migration when numerous migrating raptors soar along its rim. Red-tailed and Broad-winged hawks are the most likely candidates, but Peregrine Falcons and Golden Eagles have also been known to grace the canyon with their presence.

Site 48 Access: Free
GPS Coordinates: N 34.3510, W 85.6752
Contact: National Park Service Manager
2141 Gault Avenue North
Ft. Payne, Al 35967
Phone: (256) 845-9605