Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 22 mi from Lexington
Roughly 8M visitors a year make it to Natchez Trace Parkway. Nothing on our list is inside Lexington; the 4 places to visit are within 40 miles. There are 2 museums, a parkway and a theatre to choose from. Further afield, U.S. Space & Rocket Center is 44 mi from the centre.
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama, USA.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The lie of the land
The map puts most of the 4 to the southwest.
Orange: Lexington. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The places, one by one
Each of the 14 is within 60 miles.
2Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
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4Shiloh National Military Park
National military park in Tennessee and Mississippi, United States.
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10North 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.
Parks and trails in Lexington → · Lexington’s history →
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 · 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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