Coastal, Eastern Shore-Mobile Bay Causeway & Blakely Island Loop | Mobile | Best Seasons: Fall | Spring
William Brooks Park is managed by the City of Chickasaw and features numerous picnic pavilions, trails, a boardwalk system and a couple of piers. The trails pass through a variety of habitats ranging from mixed pine-hardwood uplands to forested bottomlands. Look for migrants during the spring and fall. Prothonotary Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Summer Tanager, and Red- winged Blackbird are regular summer residents. The boardwalk system offers an easy walk that accesses a viewing pavilion. Check for waterfowl, waders and Osprey in the open areas over the creek.
GPS: N30.78175 W-88.07326
William Brooks Park
c/o City of Chickasaw (Mailing address)
224 N. Craft Highway
P.O. Box 11307
Chickasaw, AL 36671
(251) 452-6450
If following directions provided in the Coastal Birding Trail booklet, return to US 90A and turn left (north) crossing the Cochrane-Africatown USA Bridge to the intersection with US 43 North [2.2]. Turn right onto a connector road and travel a short distance [0.2] to the US 43 North intersection (Telegraph Road). Take a left (north) and proceed 3.3 miles to Williams Brooks Park located on the left (west) before you cross the bridge over Chickasaw Creek.
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