Paul M. Grist State Park

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[Image:IMG_0497.jpg caption="The winding road down to the main area of Paul M. Grist State Park."]”’Paul M. Grist State Park”’ is a state park 15 miles north of [[Selma, Alabama | Selma]], Alabama, United States. Created in the early 1930′s as Valley Creek State Park, it provides outdoors recreation and leisure to residents of the surrounding area.

==History==

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.

==Activities==

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.

== References ==

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[http://www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-alabama/PaulGrist.pdf Paul M. Grist State Park]. http://www.outdooralabama.com. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-2606 Encyclopedia of Alabama]. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
[http://www.spfldcol.edu/homepage/dept.nsf/d02dea1c0fc6f99d45256bd800296e8c/bc22ea927256702a852571b60068de09?OpenDocument Paul M. Grist]. http://www.spfldcol.edu. Retrieved 30 June 2011
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