Decatur’s draw is Princess Theatre
Roughly 1M visitors a year make it to U.S. Space & Rocket Center. We list one place to visit inside Decatur and 7 within 40 miles. The commonest are 4 museums, 2 theme parks and a theatre. Muscle Shoals Sound Studio lies 41 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama, USA.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to go
Head to the northeast for most of the 7 on the list.
Orange: Decatur. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
The one inside Decatur comes first, then 11 more within 60 miles.
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3Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
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10North Alabama Railroad Museum
Tourist railroad and museum in Chase, Alabama.
12The places inside Decatur lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Princess Theatre: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
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