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Pull-thru
USACETennessee-Tombigbee Waterway · Alabama
Pickensville Cg (Pickensville AL)
Overview Pickensville Campground is located just west of Pickensville, Alabama, on Aliceville Lake on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Sites176169 reservable
Elev.144ft
Comf.Jan-Dec10 months
Max rig140 ft9 pull-thru
Electric176176×50-amp
From Birmingham2h08real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
At 144 ft, Pickensville Cg (Pickensville AL) has a 10-month comfortable window (Jan-Dec). Winter nights average around 39°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. 176 sites total: 169 reservable and 7 first-come, first-served. Of the sites, 9 pull-through, 176 with 50-amp, and the longest takes a 140-ft rig. Within about 4 miles: lake or river access.
The campground at a glance
01 · CHARACTER
Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on roomy sites.
Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.
When to go
02 · CLIMATE
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Sep
Jan-Dec
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
66%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Mar 6
Last spring frost; first fall frost Nov 22.
74°F
Average July low.
Getting there
03 · ACCESS
01
Birmingham
103 mi
2h08
02
Huntsville
202 mi
3h57
03
Mobile
204 mi
4h14
By drive time
Routed road time (OSRM). Nearest major highway 0.6 mi away.
Picking your site
04 · 176 SITES
Color byShow only
176 mapped sites · dot color = seclusion · click a dot for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap.
0
Walk-in
176
50-amp
6
Accessible
0
Prime
176
Sites
★ The standout
Site 105
PCG · shaded.
To neighbor
133 ft
Max rig
50 ft
Type
Standard
What's within four miles
05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER
Trails & Peaks
Trail segments
27
Water & Access
Lake / river access
yes
To nearest major road
0.6 mi
Method
We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.