Talladega National Forest — Attraction in Oxford

We entered through the Nubbin Creek Trailhead and hiked about 2 miles to the first primative campsites to stay Friday - Monday. We chose this area because it's not too far from the only water sources in the entire Nubbin Creek to Pinhoti Trail to McDill Point Loop (which I believe is part of Cave Creek Trail as well). We found a site slightly off the path which was awesome!

But as far as the forest goes, there is barely any of your "typical" wildlife. Not even a squirrel, never mind a bear or wolf (I'm ok we didn't see these...though we did hear some howl at the corn moon on our first night) or even fox or rabbit. Be prepared for LOTS of bugs - specifically huge black ants everywhere, bees, butterflies, SPIDERS, and lots of spiders.

We hiked up to McDill Point which was a MUST see. My husband even climbed out to the "advanced" ledge...I'm afraid of heights but I went to the "intermediate" ledge and it was awesome lol it made the whole trip worth it. We enjoyed the hike on the side of the loop (west side of the mountain) because the terrain completely changed from ingrown forest to rock. There were a couple more difficult parts where the trail literally goes across broken up boulders. We weren't expecting that but it was a welcome surprise! We DID make a slight and easy to make wrong turn while heading back....whoops. luckily we didn't go to far that way but any amount is too far when you're trying to beat the afternoon sun to get back to camp and make a water run so you can eat dinner.

There were some MUCH cooler campsites up by the point but there is no water on the side of the mountain so it would be good for a 1 night stay where you can easily pack in enough heavy water.

All in all it was a pretty awesome trail (we did NOT end up doing the whole loop but we read the second part on the east side is pretty but nothing spectacular like McDill Point). It could definitely use a little brush cleaning up, it got just a little thick in some areas (on the east side of the mountain and Nubbin Creek trail before the campsites) and it would have been nice to disturb the creatures and plants less by not having to walk through them (bring a spider stick to wave in front of you to clear your path lol) Flora and Fauna was awesome. I can't stress enough, after you make it over the top of the mountian to the west side it's like you're in a different landscape. So awesome.

Over all a pretty good first "long term" primative trip and a pretty area. The seclusion of not being in a campground was amazing - we even got to take a shower, naked in the middle of the woods! We learned a lot to adjust for next time in the next...

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