What to see from Colt: SS Sultana first
A day out from Colt leads to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, 47 mi away. The town has no place on our list of its own; 2 are within 40 miles. Among them are an ancient site and a museum.
SS Sultana
US steamboat that exploded on April 27, 1865.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Around Colt, mapped
The outermost point is SS Sultana, at 40 mi.
Orange: Colt. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The places, one by one
Look within 60 miles for all 31.
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3National Civil Rights Museum
Hotel that was site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., now a museum.
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5Blues Hall of Fame
Award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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9Chickasaw Gardens
Human settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
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Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Abbreviation for the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Tennessee.
Lichterman Nature Center
Arboretum and nature center in East Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Edge Motor Museum
Automobile Museum in Memphis Tennessee, focusing on classic American Cars.
Oaklawn Garden
Botanical garden, park, local history museum in Germantown, Tennessee.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Colt → · Colt’s history →
Photo credits
SS Sultana: Template:Thomas W. Bankes, Public domain · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · National Civil Rights Museum: Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · FedExForum: Marco Espino-Ovalle, Public domain · Blues Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mid-South Coliseum: bcbuckner, CC BY 2.0 · Memphis Zoo: Unicurse, CC BY 3.0 · Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickasaw Gardens: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Stax Museum: Victor Chapa from Denton, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Orpheum Theatre: Claire H. from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0 · Dixon Gallery and Gardens: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metal Museum: No machine-readable author provided. JeremyA assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Children's Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Burkle Estate: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memphis Botanic Garden: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Museum of the University of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Delta Cultural Center: Unknown, Public domain · Lichterman Nature Center: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Cotton Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edge Motor Museum: KyleStockton92, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fire Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Jacksonport State Park: Jma661, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jesse H Turner Park: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oaklawn Garden: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tunica Museum: Djpinnow, CC BY-SA 3.0
