Rocky Branch Day Use Park

Rocky Branch Day Use Park is located on Holt Lake on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway northeast of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The facility is in a beautiful forest along the shoreline, providing day-use visitors with access to water sports, boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and biking. Day users can explore the lake shore using the hiking trail as well as the swim beach. There are 88 picnic sites to choose from with grills nearby, two reservable group shelters with grills, a waterborne bathroom, and an improved and maintained swim beach. A boat ramp adjacent to the seasonal day use facilities is available year round. Holt Lake was created by the damming of the Black Warrior River. The park is situated amidst a mixed pine and hardwood forest, which displays colorful foliage along the riverbanks each fall. Deer, squirrel, wild turkey, migratory birds and blue birds all live in the Holt Lake area. The Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway consists of six lakes with a total length of 457 miles and 39,800 surface acres of water. Temperatures range from the 80s to 90s from April through September, and annual rainfall averages about 60 inches.