Start with Abilene Zoological Gardens: the sights of Abilene
Roughly 225K visitors a year make it to Abilene Zoological Gardens. The town itself has 2 places on our list; one more is within 40 miles. They include 2 museums and a zoo & aquarium. Beyond the town, the best known is Fort Griffin, 44 mi off.
Abilene Zoological Gardens
Zoo in Texas, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
How they lie
Out at 13 mi is Buffalo Gap Historic Village, the farthest.
Orange: Abilene. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The complete list
First the 2 in town, then the 3 within 60 miles.
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5The places inside Abilene lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Abilene Zoological Gardens: Keithimus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Grace Museum: Keithimus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Griffin: TxHC (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert E. Howard Museum: 0ccam, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Buffalo Gap Historic Village: Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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