About Payne Lake Recreation Area
Payne Lake Recreation Area offers the outdoor enthusiasts solitude, a scenic lake, and picturesque campsites. Payne Lake Recreation Area has two swimming beaches and bathhouses for users of the recreation area. Each bathhouse has restrooms and showers. Camping is permitted at 76 developed sites along the shoreline of the 110-acre Payne Lake. Each site has a picnic table, cooking or fire circle, and tent or trailer pad. Payne Lake Recreation Area is open year round and offers boating, nature trails, fishing, picnicking and swimming opportunities for Forest users. A trailer dump station is located in the campground.
- Fees: [Recreation Fee Schedule](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1221333.pdf)
- Season: All year
- Managed by: National Forests in Alabama, USFS - National Forests in Alabama
- Where: 13 mi southeast of Moundville, AL · 32.88723, -87.44307
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Mar–May & Oct–Nov (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: None.
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Good to know
Verizon 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 21.9 mi
Propane: 9.9 mi
Camps nearby
- Lake Payne Westside Campground 0.2 mi
- Primitive campground 7.4 mi
- primitive campground 10.1 mi
- Moundville Archaeological Park Campground 13.8 mi
- Hunters Camp 15.6 mi
- Legions Pass 18.2 mi