Recreation
Thousands of people depend on the Black Warrior River for recreational opportunities as well as drinking water. People fish, flyfish, swim, boat, kayak, canoe, waterski, wakeboard and take advantage of many other recreational opportunities along the Black Warrior and its tributaries.
Boating Magazine called the Black Warrior one of America's best kept secrets for boating.
The Black Warrior's Locust and Mulberry Forks provide excellent whitewater paddling opportunities, including the Alabama Cup Canoe and Kayak Races, and the North Alabama Whitewater Festival.
In Tuscaloosa, the Black Warrior River was the site of the Black Warrior Triathlon in 2007 and 2008, along with the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the U.S. Collegiate Nationals. The Tuscaloosa News estimated that the April 19, 2008 contest would boost the local economy by $12 million -- approximately the same amount as an Alabama home football game against Tennessee!
Many riverside areas are excellent destinations for walking, fishing, observing wildlife, and visiting historic sites, such as Moundville Archaeological Park, Bankhead National Forest and the Horton Mill Covered Bridge, the highest covered bridge above any U.S. waterway.
With thousands of spotted bass per river mile, the Black Warrior River’s free-flowing Locust Fork is the best all-around fly-fishing river among the Black Warrior’s three major forks (Sipsey, Mulberry and Locust), surpassing its very scenic & biodiverse counterparts in both quality and quantity of fishing.
Boating Magazine called the Black Warrior one of America's best kept secrets for boating.
The Black Warrior's Locust and Mulberry Forks provide excellent whitewater paddling opportunities, including the Alabama Cup Canoe and Kayak Races, and the North Alabama Whitewater Festival.
In Tuscaloosa, the Black Warrior River was the site of the Black Warrior Triathlon in 2007 and 2008, along with the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the U.S. Collegiate Nationals. The Tuscaloosa News estimated that the April 19, 2008 contest would boost the local economy by $12 million -- approximately the same amount as an Alabama home football game against Tennessee!
Many riverside areas are excellent destinations for walking, fishing, observing wildlife, and visiting historic sites, such as Moundville Archaeological Park, Bankhead National Forest and the Horton Mill Covered Bridge, the highest covered bridge above any U.S. waterway.
With thousands of spotted bass per river mile, the Black Warrior River’s free-flowing Locust Fork is the best all-around fly-fishing river among the Black Warrior’s three major forks (Sipsey, Mulberry and Locust), surpassing its very scenic & biodiverse counterparts in both quality and quantity of fishing.
Bass & Crappie Fishing in Moundville
(Hale County, Alabama) © Nelson Brooke 2005
World Champion Freestyle Kayaker Eric Jackson paddles the Black Warrior River's Locust Fork at the 2008 North Alabama Whitewater Festival.
(Blount County, Alabama) © Photo by Elizabeth Scribner 2008
