Distance:
6.8 miles (additional
miles possible via
adjacent sloughs and
creeks)
Start: French’s
Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk
End: Hubbard’s
Landing
Type of trail:
creek, lake, and slough
Habitats:
bottomland hardwood
swamp, flowing creeks,
side channel sloughs and
backwaters
Reliability: Good |
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Recommended water levels:
Claiborne Dam river stages
ranging from 10 to 18 feet
on tailrace reading provide
optimum water levels for
this route. Levels from
15-18 are the absolute best
for the Globe and Bear Creek
systems. For water level
information at Claiborne
Dam, call 1-888-771-4601 or
visit
http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/
or
http://al.water.usgs.gov/
.
The Globe Creek trail begins
at the French’s Lake Coastal
Access Kiosk, located on the
Forever Wild Land Trust’s
Clearwater Tract. Get to
French’s Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk, by traveling north of
Stockton, AL on Highway
225/59. Follow signs to the
Upper Delta Wildlife
Management Area and then
follow signs to French’s
Lake Coastal Access Kiosk.
The map shows French’s Lake
as a small slough-like area
on Major’s Creek, prior to
the creek splitting into
several channels. Globe
Creek is one of these
channels. The multiple
channels can be confusing,
so it is important for users
to closely follow the marked
route. Globe Creek route
follows a generally
southernly direction into
Big Beaver Creek, then into
Tensaw Lake and ends at
Hubbard’s Landing. |
