Paul M. Grist State Park is a state park 15 miles north of Selma, Alabama, United States.^[1] Created in the early 1930's as Valley Creek State Park, it provides outdoors recreation and leisure to residents of the surrounding area.^[2]

Table of Contents 1. History 2. Activities 3. References

Construction began on Grist State Park (then known as Valley Creek State Park) in 1936 when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)was established within the park's boundaries. Over a three year period, the CCC constructed roads, hiking trails, and a dam to create the lake. The park was renamed in honor of Paul Malone Grist, Director of the YMCA and the USO/YMCA Club in Selma.^[3]

Grist State Park offers the following activities for visitors:

• Swimming
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Camping
• Boating
• Picnicking
• Children's Playground

The park provides 6 RV sites with sewer, water, electrical hook-up and public restrooms. The park also has a 100-acre lake stocked with bass, catfish, blue gill, and red dear sunfish. Gasoline motors are not allowed, though they do allow electric trolling motors. Flat-bottom fishing boats are avaliable for rent, as well as a launching ramp for private boats.^[1]

1. ^a b Paul M. Grist State Park. http://www.outdooralabama.com. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
2. ^ Encyclopedia of Alabama. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
3. ^ Paul M. Grist. http://www.spfldcol.edu. Retrieved 30 June 2011