2021 Map of Bee Branch

About this map

The William B. Bankhead National Forest defines the geography of this northern Alabama landscape, which straddles the boundary between Lawrence and Winston counties. The map showcases the deeply incised drainage network of the Sipsey Fork of the West Fork Wild and Scenic River, where numerous canyons like Bee Branch Canyon and Flannagin Canyon provide clear evidence of the area's complex hydrology. This 2021 survey reveals a territory primarily managed for timber and conservation, yet it retains significant markers of earlier rural life through its distribution of family and community burial grounds.