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Attractions near Pensacola

Pensacola Museum of History and more: what to see in Pensacola

Roughly 7.6M visitors a year make it to Gulf Islands National Seashore. There are 4 places to visit inside Pensacola, and 12 more within 40 miles. They include 8 museums, 2 landmarks and 2 zoos & aquariums. Set 52 mi out, USS Alabama makes a day trip.

Attractions nearby
31
within 60 miles
The big one
52 mi
USS Alabama
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 52 mi west

USS Alabama

1942 South Dakota-class battleship.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

To the southwest is where most of the 12 lie.

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

Everything nearby

The places, one by one

After the 4 in town come 27 more within 60 miles.

Fort Charlotte

Museum · 54 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

The places inside Pensacola lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

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

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

Pensacola Museum of History: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · Pensacola Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Industry: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Historic Pensacola's Museum of Commerce: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Fort Gaines: Altairisfar, 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 · Bellingrath Gardens and Home: Altairisfar, Public domain · Fort Charlotte: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo: Acdixon, CC0 · GulfQuest Maritime Museum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wales West Light Railway: Timdwilliamson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Baker Block Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mobile Carnival Museum: Altairisfar, Public domain · Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · History Museum of Mobile: Altairisfar, Public domain

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