text: The North Alabama region is mostly mountainous, with the Tennessee River cutting a large valley and creating numerous creeks, streams, rivers, mountains, and lakes.Alabama is bordered by the states of Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida to the south, and Mississippi to the west.Alabama has coastline at the Gulf of Mexico, in the extreme southern edge of the state.The state ranges in elevation from sea level at Mobile Bay to more than in the northeast, to Mount Cheaha at .Alabama's land consists of of forest or 67% of the state's total land area.Suburban Baldwin County, along the Gulf Coast, is the largest county in the state in both land area and water area.Areas in Alabama administered by the National Park Service include Horseshoe Bend National Military Park near Alexander City; Little River Canyon National Preserve near Fort Payne; Russell Cave National Monument in Bridgeport; Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Tuskegee; and Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site near Tuskegee.Additionally, Alabama has four National Forests: Conecuh, Talladega, Tuskegee, and William B.Bankhead.Alabama also contains the Natchez Trace Parkway, the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, and the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.