Leave New Market for U.S. Space & Rocket Center, 18 mi away
About 1M people a year visit U.S. Space & Rocket Center. All of it lies outside: 10 places within 40 miles, none inside New Market. On the list: 5 museums, 2 theme parks and a national monument, among others. Set 59 mi out, Lookout Mountain makes a day trip.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Science museum in Huntsville, Alabama.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to go
Head to the southwest for most of the 10 on the list.
Orange: New Market. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
The list runs to 18 places, all within 60 miles.
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4Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Park preserving the battlefields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga in Fort Oglethrope, Georgia, USA.
5Russell Cave National Monument
310 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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7Little River Canyon National Preserve
14,000 acres in Alabama (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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12North Alabama Railroad Museum
Tourist railroad and museum in Chase, Alabama.
Fort Payne Opera House
Theater and movie theater in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in New Market → · New Market’s history →
Photo credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Space & Rocket Center: formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Russell Cave National Monument: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cloudland Canyon State Park: Ronmacal at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Little River Canyon National Preserve: Richard A. Weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Stone Fort: Mike Finn from Worcester, United Kingdom, CC BY 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 · Princess Theatre: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridgeport Depot Museum: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 4.0 · Fort Payne Opera House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0
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