Directions: TVA's Wheeler Dam crosses the river on AL Hwy 101. This site is the recreation area on the south side of the dam. Turn west off of Hwy 101 and follow the road 0.5 miles to the boat landing.

Description: Completed in 1936, Wheeler Dam was the first Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River. This dam impounds the 67,100 acre Wheeler Lake, creating a pool of abundant habitat for waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds and gulls. Scan the water for Double-crested Cormorants and Common Loons, as well as a variety of wintering waterfowl during the colder months of the year. Bird activity below the TVA dam picks up considerably when TVA moves water through the dam's turbines, producing rich feeding grounds for opportunistic Ring-billed, Bonaparte's and Herring gulls.