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Attractions near Avalon

A day out from Avalon: Fort Pickens, 18 mi away

Avalon has 29 notable places within 60 miles, among them 1 national park unit. Gulf Islands National Seashore welcomes about 7.6M visitors a year. Drive 55 mi to reach USS Alabama.

Attractions nearby
29
within 60 miles
The big one
55 mi
USS Alabama
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 55 mi west

USS Alabama

1942 South Dakota-class battleship.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

The 16 outside town cluster to the southwest.

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

Everything nearby

The places, one by one

All of it lies within 60 miles: 29 places.

Fort Charlotte

Museum · 57 mi west

Partially-reconstructed 18th century fort in Alabama, United States; site of a Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War (March 14, 1780).

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

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

Parks and trails in Avalon → · Avalon’s history →

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

USS Alabama: USN, Public domain · Fort Pickens: Notneb82, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Massachusetts: Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Naval Aviation Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Battleship Memorial Park: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Fort Barrancas: National Park Service, Public domain · Air Force Armament Museum: Greg Goebel, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mobile Civic Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Charlotte: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo: Acdixon, CC0 · GulfQuest Maritime Museum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Pensacola Museum of History: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Wales West Light Railway: Timdwilliamson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Florala City Park: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pensacola Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Baker Block Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mobile Carnival Museum: Altairisfar, Public domain · Museum of Industry: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Historic Pensacola's Museum of Commerce: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · History Museum of Mobile: Altairisfar, Public domain

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