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Attractions near Florence

What is near Florence: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio first

Roughly 8M visitors a year make it to Natchez Trace Parkway. All of it lies outside: 4 places within 40 miles, none inside Florence. The commonest are 3 museums and a parkway. Set 58 mi out, U.S. Space & Rocket Center makes a day trip.

Attractions nearby
11
within 60 miles
The big one
4 mi
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Museum · 4 mi south

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

Recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

The map puts most of the 4 to the south.

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Orange: Florence. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

11 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Florence → · Florence’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
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 · Shiloh National Military Park: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Huntsville Botanical Garden: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Princess Theatre: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Corinth Depot: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0

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