Day Trips from Dothan - Providence Canyon
July 7th, 2007 - Categories: Day Trips from Dothan, Dothan area information, Real Estate News
By: Charles Woodall
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My wife and I love to occasionally load up the kids and take off to any interesting place we can find within a short drive of Dothan. Our area has an abundance of unique sights, some well known and some not so well known. In this series of posts, I will explore some of the places we have visited on one of our day trips.
Providence Canyon State Park, Georgia
Location - Stewart County, Georgia, near Lumpkin, north of Eufaula, Alabama
Drive time from Dothan - an hour and a half to two hours one way. We left Dothan around 10 a.m. and were home a little after 4 p.m.
Cost - $3 to park your vehicle for the day
Amenities - Souvenir shop and drink machine, plus plenty of picnic tables and a playground. That is about it, but what more do you need?
Best advice - wear comfortable shoes, but definitely not your best shoes. Even with the dry weather we have had, there was plenty of wet clay and mud to walk through.
Website - Georgia State Parks - Providence Canyon
Georgia calls it their “Little Grand Canyon”, with good reason. Caused by erosion over the past 100 or so years, some of the canyons reach 150 feet deep. There are great views from the rim at the picnic areas, and you can walk down to the canyon floor to see the view from below. The Canyon Loop Trail is around three miles long, and there are a couple of creek beds along the trail that you follow to go into each of the nine different canyons. We spent a couple of hours walking around, and saw most everything. The walk back up the path from the canyon floor to the Interpretive Center is about the only strenuous part of the hike, and it wasn’t that bad, even for our two year old. There is also a seven mile back-country trail for the backpackers and camp sites for those that want to stay for more than the day.
If you like nature and want your children to be appreciative of it, then this is a must see. Add a few dollars to your trip budget and reward the kids with a Frosty at Wendy’s in Eufaula on your way back to Dothan. We have never been above a little bribery to encourage good behavior!
Enjoy the pictures below.
