Black Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes · Alabama
Overview Lock 8 Park is situated on the banks of the Black Warrior River. The park offers a boat ramp, picnic shelter, flush toilet and paved parking. An interesting feature is an artesian well flowing onsite.
Sites at Lock 8 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 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Shelter |
| Location | Akron, 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 Lock 8 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.
| Foscue Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Jennings Ferry | Cancellation alerts available |
| Deerlick Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Forkland | Cancellation alerts available |
| Burchfield Branch Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Service | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rocky Branch Day Use Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Belmont Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Finches Ferry | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lock 1 | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lock 6 | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spillway Falls | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Lock 8; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.