Fresh Air Family: Alabama

Verna Gates has worked for Time magazine, CNN, and Reuters International. She is the author of 100 Things to Do in Birmingham. In 2006, Verna founded Fresh Air Family, an outdoor education program that have served thousands of children and their families. She lives in Birmingham and has been honored as an Alabama Champion.

• Northeast AlabamaRussell CaveWalls of JerichoHuntsville Botanical GardensKeel MountainMonte Sano Mountain PreserveBurritt on the MountainRainbow MountainGreen MountainBlevins GapThree Caves Sauta CavePisgah GorgeBuck’s Pocket State ParkLake Guntersville State ParkCathedral CavernsSequoyah CavernsDesoto State ParkLittle River Canyon National PreserveNorthwest AlabamaHigh Falls County ParkWheeler Wildlife RefugeTVA trailsCane Creek CanyonFreedom HillsTom’s WallBankheadSipsey WildernessFlint Creek Botanical AreaHurricane Creek ParkWheeler National Wildlife RefugeJoe Wheeler State ParkNatchez Trace Rock Spring TrailBear Creek CanoesDismals CanyonBuck’s Pocket State ParkShoal Creek PreserveNatural Bridge ParkEast Central AlabamaCherokee Rock VillageNoccalula FallsHorse Pens 40Anniston Museum of Natural HistoryChoccolocco ParkCheaha State ParkTalladega National ForestChinnabee Silent TrailNorth Central AlabamaRickwood CavernsHorse Pens 40Red Mountain ParkRuffner Mountain Nature PreserveTurkey Creek Nature PreserveTannehill Historical ParkMoss Rock PreserveCahaba Wildlife RefugeCahaba River ParkEbenezer Swamp and Shoal CreekOrr ParkOak Mountain State ParkFlagg MountainLake HowardLake Lurleen State ParkUniversity of Alabama ArboretumMoundville Archeological ParkShark’s Tooth CreekLocust ForkBlackbelt/MontgomeryConfederate Memorial ParkAlabama Nature CenterWetumpka’s MeteorFort Toulouse-Jackson ParkJackson IslandPerry Lakes and Barton Beach PreserveOld CahawbaChalk CliffsRobert Wehle Nature Center Red Hills ComplexLouise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve and Nature CenterTuskegee National ForestDonald E. Davis ArboretumChattahoochee RiverSouth AlabamaBon Secour National Wildlife SanctuaryLakepoint Resort State ParkEufaula National Wildlife RefugeYoholo Micco, The Creek Indian TrailLandmark ParkForever Wild Trails Beaver CreekConecuh National ForestWeeks Bay National Estuarine Research PreserveGulf State ParkBellingrath GardensBurnt Corn CreekDauphin Island Audubon SanctuaryFort Morgan State Historic Site