Located in east-central Alabama along Interstate 85 in Macon County, Tuskegee National Forest is managed by the Forest Service to maintain the area's recreation, wildlife, water quality, and timber resources. This administration is consistent with the original conservation effort that went into making it a national forest.

The land, purchased by the federal government over a three-year period from 1935 to 1938, was once one of the most eroded and abused territories in Alabama. Many restoration projects and changes occurred between then and November 27, 1959, when it was proclaimed a national forest by President Eisenhower. To explore this forest today is to witness a landscape reborn and healed.

Whether hiking the scenic paths, like the 8.6-mile segment of the Bartram National Recreation Trail that goes through the forest, or exploring the log cabin replica of the birthplace of Booker T. Washington at the Taska Recreation Area, visitors enjoy slowing down in this delightful slice of backcountry Alabama.

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