Roland Cooper State Park

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park=Roland Cooper State Park


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type=State Park
location=285 Deer Run Drive
Camden, Alabama, U.S.A.
coordinates=coord|32.08530|N|87.23814|W
size=convert|236|acre|km2
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operator=Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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Roland Cooper State Park is a convert|236|acre|km2|adj=on state park in Wilcox County, Alabama. It is located six miles northeast of Camden, along the convert|22000|acre|km2|adj=on William B. Dannelly Reservoir.cite web|title="Roland Cooper State Park"|work="Alabama State Parks"|url=http://www.alapark.com/parks/park.cfm?parkid=20|accessdate=2008-01-10]

Amenities

The park features a nine hole golf course with a clubhouse. The golf course was built in 1972 and is a 9-hole regulation length golf course with a driving range.cite web|title="Roland Cooper State Park Golf Course"|work="TheGolfCourses.net"|url=http://www.thegolfcourses.net/golfcourses/AL/8348.htm|accessdate=2008-01-10]

The park also features vacation cottages, a modern campground with electrity and a bathhouse, laundry and camp store. There is a scenic picnic area with tables, grills, pavilions and a comfort station. The park also provides boat launching facilities. The Dannelly Reservoir is notable as a regional fishing ground. The reservoir contains white crappie, striped bass, hybrid striped bass, blue catfish, and channel catfish.cite web|title="Outdoors in Wilcox County"|work="Wilcox Area Chamber of Commerce"|url=http://www.wilcoxareachamber.org/outdoors.htm|accessdate=2008-01-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.alapark.com/parks/park.cfm?parkid=20 Alabama State Parks - Roland Cooper State Park]