Sipsey River Swamp Meandering through Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Pickens and Greene counties, the Sipsey River gives life to an estimated 50,000 acres of bottomland hardwood wetlands, one of the state's largest wetlands.
Few people seem to appreciate the mystical beauty of a swamp as much as canoeists do.
They can round the Sipsey's bends and cross its oxbow lakes, watching herons rise on silent wings. And , if they are lucky, they can quietly observe a wood stork. This diverse aquatic resource includes low areas that stay almost permanently flooded and high areas that flood only in winter and spring. As a result of varying water levels, a wide variety of vegetation and wildlife flourishes. Public access is located on the southwest side of the bridge, and a hundred yards further on the north side of the highway.