Camping near Heflin, Alabama

Camping near Heflin at a glance

Public campgrounds

3 (3 National Forest)

Getting a site

3 first-come

Cost

1 free; lowest posted fee at Pine Glen: "Single Site: $3 per night"

Distance from Heflin

5.1 miles (Big Oak Hunter Camp) to 9.5 miles (Coleman Lake Recreation Area) in a straight line; 3 within 15 miles

Elevation

950 ft (Pine Glen) to 1,442 ft (Big Oak Hunter Camp), 3 of 3 on record

Campsites

39 across the 1 campground that state a count

Drinking water

1 of 3

Distances are straight-line miles from Heflin's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Heflin

• Turnipseed Campground, 21 miles from Heflin in a straight line , National Forest ; listed under camping near Clay.
• Turnipseed Hunter Camp, 21 miles from Heflin in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $5 per night); listed under camping near Clay.
• Lake Chinnabee, 22 miles from Heflin in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Day Use:); listed under camping near Munford.

Things to do near Heflin

Public land and water within 30 miles of Heflin, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• National Forests in Alabama, all 3 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Big Oak Hunter Camp at 5.1 miles from Heflin; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 11 miles from Heflin; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Dugger Mountain Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 16 miles from Heflin; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Cheaha State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 19 miles from Heflin; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Freedom Riders National Monument, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 20 miles from Heflin; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Cheaha Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 23 miles from Heflin; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• John Tanner State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 23 miles from Heflin; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Heflin

Groceries

• Piggly Wiggly supermarket · 1 mile · (256) 463-7769
• Family Dollar supermarket · 1.1 miles
• W M Grocery supermarket · 1.5 miles · (256) 463-2310 · Hours 07:00-21:00

Fuel

• BP fuel station · 1.5 miles · (256) 463-2497 · Hours Mo-Fr 05:00-23:00; Sa 06:00-23:00; Su 07:00-21:00
• Shell fuel station · 2.2 miles
• Chevron fuel station · 2.5 miles

Propane

• Airgas Store propane dealer · 14 miles · (256) 831-8999 · Hours Mo-Fr 07:30-16:00

RV dump station

• Big Oak R V Park RV park · 18 miles · (770) 574-5522
• Cheaha State Park (Lower) Campground #2 campground · 19 miles · Hours Apr-Nov unknown; Dec-Mar closed

Pharmacy

• Golden Springs Pharmacy pharmacy · 12 miles
• Walgreens pharmacy · 13 miles
• CVS Pharmacy pharmacy · 13 miles

Laundromat

• Norge Village laundromat · 16 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Heflin: potable water fill and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-10-01; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.