Patios that put out a water bowl without being asked. Trails that don't require leashes when nobody's looking. Breweries with a yard. Beaches off-season.
A state park on the lake's western shore, seven miles south of Alexander City — the largest state-operated campground in the United States, with 626 sites, 157 of them waterfront. A swimming beach, boat ramp, fishing pier, and pontoon and jon-boat rentals round it out.