Payne Lake Recreation Area
Payne Lake Recreation Area offers the outdoor enthusiasts solitude, a scenic lake, and picturesque campsites. Payne Lake Recreation Area has one swimming beach and two bathhouses for users of the recreation area. Each bathhouse has restrooms and showers. Camping is permitted at 26 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, fishing, picnicking and swimming opportunities for Forest users. A trailer dump station is located in the campground.
Payne Lake Recreation Area
A peaceful escape with a 110‑acre lake, year‑round recreation, and shoreline campsites made for quiet mornings and starry nights.
General Information
All year
Check in: 2:00 p.m.; Check-out: 12:00 p.m.; Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.
Overnight Use:
Single Site: $18 per night
Water & Electric hook-up Fee: $12 per night
Water hook-up Fee: $5 per night
Address: 9901 Highway 5 Brent, AL 35034
Phone: 205-926-9765/205-809-2401 or 334-301-6496
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CT (Closed on federal holidays)
Office Email: SM.FS.pa_alabama@usda.gov
Getting There
Latitude / Longitude
Latitude: 32.88126515
Longitude: -87.445875
Facility and Amenity Information
Restrooms
Flush toilet(s)Water
Potable water is available at this site.
