News And Notes From Noccalula Falls

  It’s our favorite time of the year for sure here at Noccalula Falls Park and Campground. It’s time for the 2024 version of Christmas at the Falls! If you aren’t familiar with CATF, you need to be. It’s our biggest event of the year and it is tons of fun. All around the park…

One of the most exciting things happening around the park is the beginning phase of our Animal Habitat getting back to the way it used to be, with new barn coming and new animals being added. It’s been a few years now since we had our horrible barn fire which took the lives of so…

The past few years at Noccalula Falls have been filled with growth. This year is no different. We have multiple construction projects going on as we type. The new Train Station is one of those projects and I am please to report it is coming alone nicely. Although this post is meant to provide an…

Under the great leadership of our Parks and Recreation Department, as well as the Mayor and City Council, Noccalula Falls Park and Campground continues to grow and move into the future, all while keeping an eye on the past and the history of our park. We have some really exciting projects going on right now and more to come in the future. First off, we have finished our Mini Golf re-carpeting project. All 18 holes plus the practice green were redone with brand new carpet, flags and seating areas. If you haven’t been to our Mini Golf Course, you need to check it out. It is challenging as well as fun and has never looked so good. The prices are great too!! Next, we are heading into the final preparation days for our new Animal Habitat Barn. as you may…

Before Jack’s, before the trains, before the animal habitat, there was the Noccalula Nik Nak. What a great place! If you are or were a fan of Mom and Pop burger joints, then you would have loved the Nik Nak. They had great burgers and fries, wonderful chicken fingers, and the best ice cream treats…

One of the most interesting things we have around Noccalula Falls if the Statue of Princess Noccalula. (If you want a quick summary of Princess Noccalula the person, Click Here.) Since 1969, she has been perpetually poised to take a leap off of our 90 foot waterfall into the waters below, but few people actually…

It’s time to open up the park for the public again. The Christmas lights are gone and the weather is getting warmer and another season of fun is upon us. Join us Wednesday March 1st, 2023 as we begin our 70th season at Noccalula Falls Park. We’ve been cleaning the park, planting the flowers, washing…

Hello there and welcome to this issue of News and Notes from Noccalula Falls. This time out, we have some truly huge news for you. Way back in May of 2021, our petting zoo barn caught fire and burned to the ground. We lost many animals in the fire and it was devastating to everyone…

This post is sort of a catchup bit of writing to keep you up on our 2023 news and notes. An exciting and interesting article appeared in the Gadsden Times earlier this week outlining proposed changes to the Noccalula Falls corridor and the park and campgrounds. Here is a link to the article: https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2023/01/19/city-to-capitalize-on-noccalula-falls-with-updates-improvements/69737288007/ On…

Wow! It’s 2023 already. Even though these past few years have been challenging to say the least, Noccalula Falls continues our long tradition of providing a beautiful place to get away from it all. In addition to our beautiful park, which features the Pioneer Village, Botanical Gardens, Animal Habitat, all-new Trains, and the ever-popular Gorge…

Today is December 6th and we are already well into the 2022 version of Christmas at the falls. Hard to believe that time passes so fast. You see, CATF is our biggest event of the year and this year is even more special and important to us here at the Falls. This is what we have worked for for nearly a year. This past year has been a very stressful year for us. We undertook a major construction project getting the new trains ready for CATF and doing so was not as easy as we had hoped. We had to take up every track, re-elevate the path, alter the course or the train, tear down two platforms, redesign our main platform, update electricity throughout the park and lay down new asphalt once everything was ready. In addition, we had to…

This post is sort of an extra post, or an addition to the one I did the other day about our new trains. I really just wanted to document the delivery of our second train to the tacks here at Noccalula Falls Park. It’s been a  long journey for this here train. She’s a show…