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Attractions near Fort Payne

Fort Payne Opera House is the place to visit in Fort Payne

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park draws about 972K visitors a year. We list one place to visit inside Fort Payne and 12 within 40 miles. There are 3 museums, 2 theatres and a mountain to choose from. Beyond the town, Ruby Falls sits 44 mi away.

Attractions nearby
38
within 60 miles
The big one
33 mi
Lookout Mountain
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Mountain · 33 mi northeast

Lookout Mountain

Mountain in northwestern Georgia, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

Furthest out is Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, at 38 mi.

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

Everything nearby

Everything on the list

The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 37 more.

The places inside Fort Payne lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Fort Payne → · Fort Payne’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Fort Payne Opera House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Etowah Indian Mounds: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: TVSRR at English Wikipedia. Photo by Jason Trew /TVSRR, Public domain · Chattanooga National Cemetery: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hunter Museum of American Art: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tellus Science Museum: Michael Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Mountain State Park: Thomson200, CC0 · Cloudland Canyon State Park: Ronmacal at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Little River Canyon National Preserve: Richard A. Weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Noccalula Falls Park: Thejammer (talk), Public domain · Burritt on the Mountain: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Booth Western Art Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Freedom Riders National Monument: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Chieftains Museum: Culby (talk)en:User:Cculber007, Public domain · Savoy Automobile Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Huntsville Botanical Garden: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Songbirds Guitar Museum: Lightburst, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Janney Furnace Park: dofftoubab, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Flight: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Reflection Riding Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roselawn Museum: Amesmultimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridgeport Depot Museum: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 4.0 · Mort Glosser Amphitheater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain

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