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Camp Tranquility Main Entrance–Double Oak Lake Loop, 12 sights is an 11.1-mile loop in Oak Mountain State Park near Indian Springs Ranch, AL. The route passes Oak Mountain State Park Beach, Double Oak Lake and Camp Tranquility Main Entrance. It climbs 929 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi489 – 1,260 ft · steepest grade: 41%11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Trail 33.33062, -86.75621
Nearest town Indian Springs Ranch, AL

Directions

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Camp Tranquility Main Entrance–Double Oak Lake Loop, 12 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 929 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Elevation 488–1,261 ft

Loop · Oak Mountain State Park

Trailhead: Lake Trail · 33.33062, -86.75621

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

  1. Start on Seven Bridges, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Oak Mountain State Park Beach.
  3. 50 ftPass Double Oak Lake.
  4. 2.4 miTurn right onto SlingShot, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Seven Bridges, heading E.
  6. 400 ftBear right onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
  7. 450 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Yellow), heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
  9. 0.9 miPass Camp Tranquility Main Entrance.
  10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lightning, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Group Camp Road, heading E.
  12. 150 ftBear right onto Thunder, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Storyteller, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right onto White, heading SW.
  15. 0.9 miBear right onto Thunder, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Red Road, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  18. 200 ftContinue straight onto Red Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jekyll 'n Hyde, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.6 miTurn left onto Jekyll, heading W.
  23. 100 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Yellow), heading N.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Jekyll, heading N.
  25. 2.5 miTurn right onto Mr Toads, heading SW.
  26. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Ridge, heading SE.
  27. 150 ftBear right onto Family Trail, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left onto Lake Trail, heading S.
  29. 1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

31% dirt10% gravel1% paved58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 4:57 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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