Nothing in Athens itself: U.S. Space & Rocket Center is 18 mi away
Roughly 1M visitors a year make it to U.S. Space & Rocket Center. No place to visit is mapped inside Athens; 8 are within 40 miles. On the list: 4 museums, 2 theme parks and a garden, among others. Set 41 mi out, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio makes a day trip.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Science museum in Huntsville, Alabama.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
The 8 outside town cluster to the east.
Orange: Athens. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All 8 on the list
13 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
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2Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
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9North Alabama Railroad Museum
Tourist railroad and museum in Chase, Alabama.
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13Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: Dailynetworks, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Huntsville Museum of Art: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Alabama Railroad Museum: Jeff Hunter from Madison, AL, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Huntsville Botanical Garden: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Princess Theatre: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
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