The Somerville Courthouse is a rectangular structure built in the Federal style of the Virginia colony. The two-story federal style building has undergone extensive restoration throughout the years, but still has most of its original architectural features. More recently, the courthouse has served as a senior citizens center and has become a focal point for community events. Later that year, the courthouse became the home of the Morgan County College, a Presbyterian training school. Court proceedings took place there until the county seat was moved to Decatur in 1891. It was constructed in 1837, built with special taxes that were levied by the Alabama Legislature. The Historic Somerville Courthouse is the oldest original courthouse in Alabama. Though we can’t predict the weather, we can predict that we will keep this property on the list of places to stay again.Slideshow above created in 2012 by former Councilman Rodger McClure. Highly recommend this space to anyone looking to get out there and experience some terrain not normally found in HipCamps. Once the storm blew through and we were able to actually see the site the next morning, I wished we were staying another night to just take it all in. We found a flat enough space to park the truck and level our RTT. We were so looking forward to the views from the bluff in the morning that ended up roughing it out.
She even showed concern given the weather and offered alternate arrangements for us. The host Sandra was very communicative and accommodating. Again, just our experience given the weather. 4WD is a must with some clearance so you can go through some of the areas with standing water and not be concerned. Needless to say the trail was quite washed out getting to the site but there were workarounds that allowed for access. Our situation may have been a bit extreme given the night we were traveling through there was a large storm in the area that actually sparked a tornado watch. The teenagers also left a pile of dead fish in the trail which was as nasty as it sounds.īeautiful property! Getting to site is very technical especially if weather is a factor like it was for us. Perhaps there was at one point but not anymore. There are no signs saying it’s private property, ropes/gates, or any “no trespassing” signs, so I’m not sure how people really could know. It didn’t seem like they realized it was private land. They happened to show up right when we were dropping our first load into the car, so we were right behind them walking back and they looked visibly confused over our tent. They didn’t seem deterred or acknowledge our existence. The second group that came up was a couple the next morning. The first group that rode up was a group of male teenagers who clearly knew they shouldn’t be there and ran when we flashed our headlights. In theory it should be, but it seems like either this was land owned by someone who allowed locals onto the property, or it was once publicly owned land by the town. Like others have said… it’s not really private. We knew that going in though so that wasn’t an issue. The hike is easy but it’s about 10-15 min so I’d recommend either a 4x4 94 a truck with good clearance. We bottomed out pretty quickly and just left our car on the trail. A sedan is not going to make it up, we tried.
We tried to get there based on the coordinates and it led us to the wrong drive, so make sure to get the location from Sandra.
Such a beautiful campsite with great views.
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