Alabama River Lakes · Alabama
Overview Gunter Hill Campground offers a peaceful scene of trees and nature on the backwaters of the Alabama River. The fishing is excellent, providing challenges for the master angler as well as the occasional cane pole fisherman. Boating, hunting and hiking are popular activities.
Sites at Gunter Hill are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 142 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Montgomery, AL |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Gunter Hill around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Millers Ferry Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Prairie Creek (Al) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Isaac Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chilatchee Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Six Mile Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elm Bluff Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Holy Ground Shelters | Cancellation alerts available |
| Isaac Creek Shelters | Cancellation alerts available |
| East Bank Beach Shelters | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bridgeport Beach Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gees Bend Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Training Dike Park | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Gunter Hill; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.