A day out from Albany: Fort Griffin, 14 mi away
Roughly 225K visitors a year make it to Abilene Zoological Gardens. Look within 40 miles for the 3 places to visit; none is inside Albany. On the list: a landmark, a zoo & aquarium and a museum, among others. Further afield, Possum Kingdom Lake is 51 mi from the centre.
Fort Griffin
Historic site in Albany (vicinity), Shackelford County, Texas.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
Head to the southwest for most of the 3 on the list.
Orange: Albany. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything to see
Look within 60 miles for all 6.
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6Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Albany → · Albany’s history →
Photo credits
Possum Kingdom Lake: Mark Quadling, Henley Quadling, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Griffin: TxHC (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Abilene Zoological Gardens: Keithimus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert E. Howard Museum: 0ccam, CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Grace Museum: Keithimus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Buffalo Gap Historic Village: Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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