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Attractions near Madison

Worth the trip from Madison: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, 6 mi off

Visits to U.S. Space & Rocket Center run to about 1M a year. No place to visit is mapped inside Madison; 8 are within 40 miles. The commonest are 4 museums, 2 theme parks and a garden. A longer outing takes you to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 52 mi off.

Attractions nearby
13
within 60 miles
The big one
6 mi
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Museum · 6 mi east

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Science museum in Huntsville, Alabama.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The layout

Most of the 8 out of town lie to the east.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

The list runs to 13 places, all within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Madison →

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 · U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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