Sharon Johnston Park

781 Coleman Road, New Market, Alabama 35761

Sharon Johnston Park is an outdoor, recreational park under the auspices of the Madison County (Alabama) Commission. The park is conveniently tucked away in the rolling countryside only 20 minutes from Downtown Huntsville.

Amenities

This nice sized park spans 250 acres and has many great amenities. Some of the bigger amenities include a 12 acre lake annually stocked with Catfish, Brim, Bass and Crappie. The park also hosts several soccer fields, an olympic sized swimming pool, shooting range, a couple of pavilions, playgrounds and a horse arena.

Campground

The campground has 50 asphalt RV sites, which are divided into rustic (no sewer) and modern sites. The sites are large and have a nice buffer between each of them. Most of the sites are in a forested area and includes a picnic table and fire ring.

Within the campground area there are two bathhouses, a laundromat, a small playground, 3 picnic shelters, and of course all the amenities that Sharon Johnston Park has to offer. 

The cost of the Rustic sites are $20.00 per night with a maximum stay of 14 days. The modern sites are $30.00 per day, $210.00 weekly and $500.00 per month. The maximum occupancy limit for the modern sites are 4 consecutive months. There is a dumpster and a dump station on the east side of the park which are free for those spending a night.

Local Stuff

Sharon Johnston Park is conveniently located (approximately 10) to a Walmart, Publix Grocery store, several churches and lot of restaurants. Some of these include the New Market BBQ, Old Hickory BBQ, Rafael’s Italian, China Cook, Mc Donalds, Starbucks, Flint River Coffee, Taco Bell and Burger King.

This is an absolutely gorgeous campground and park. Other than what sounded like 30 coyotes yipping and howling one night it was very peaceful and quiet. I enjoyed sitting out by the fire in the evening and working under the shade of the Sweetgum trees during the day. The 5K walking/running trail also provided great excessive and the opportunity to see some of the historic pioneer era buildings.

If you find yourself in the Huntsville, Alabama area and need a place to get away consider Sharon Johnston Park. You will have no trouble losing track of time and you will be glad that you did.