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...and miles to go before
I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
-Robert Frost
ALABAMA:
Personal pages:
Shark
Tooth Creek-$15 per
person, about 40 minutes west of Tuscaloosa
Tom Bevill Lock and Dam-free, an hour west
of Tuscaloosa
The Face in the Courthouse Window-free, Carrollton,
an hour west of Tuscaloosa
Blue
Springs State Park-$3
per person over 6, an hour south of Montgomery
Wetumpka
Coon Dog Cemetery-free, a few miles of 72 just past Tuscumbia
LaGrange College Site and Cemetery-free, just off 157 between Mussel Shoals and Leighton
Spring Park-free, in Tuscumbia
Turkey Creek Nature Preserve-free, Pinson just north of Birmingham in Blount County
Palisades
Park-free, near Oneonta in Blount County
High Falls Park-free, near Geraldine and Guntersville located in DeKalb County
Cherokee Rock Village-free, near Leesburg/Weiss Lake on Lookout Mountain located in Cherokee County
Rainbow Mountain-free, in Madison just off Hughes Road
Guntersville State Park
Cathedral Caverns- near Scottsboro located just off 72 in Grant. Fee
Tannehill State Park- $2 adults/$1 kids
6-12 Bessemer just off 1-59
Sauta Cave free,just off 72 outside Scottsboro
Hurricane Creek $2.50/$3 just outside Cullman
Jesse
Owens Memorial Park Free Just off 157 at Danville
Natural Bridge $3/$2 just west of
Double Springs
Ave Maria Grotto $7 adults/$5 age 6-12
Cullman
Keel Mountain free, just off 72 in Gurley
Canyon
Mouth Park free, near Leesburg
Little River Canyon free, near Ft. Payne
Sloss Furnaces free, Birmingham
Decatur, AL:
Cook's Natural Science Museum Free
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Free
Also has a Junior Ranger Program
Other:
Bankhead National Forest:
Caney Falls Free
Kinlock Falls Free
Borden Creek Free
Brushy Lake $3 per car
Additional Ideas:
STATEWIDE:
Alabama
Historical Commission offers several historic sites around the state with
guided tours.
Alabama Covered
Bridge Trail
Alabama
Civil War Trail
Alabama
Birding Trail
Alabama
Native American Trail
Selma to Montgomery Civil
Rights Trail
State-wide
Power Plant Tours
Birmingham
Art Museum-free
Birmingham Zoo
is 1/2 price on Tuesdays
Birmingham Botanical Gardens-free, located right across from the zoo.
MONTGOMERY
Montgomery
Visitor Center
300 Water Street
Call (334) 262-0013
Montgomery
Zoo
No discounted days, but with a
pass, you can get into over 125 other zoos around the U.S, for free.
First
Whitehouse of the Confederacy
Free
Montgomery Museum
of Fine Art
Free
Archives
Building
Free
"Moo-seum"
Free
The Lighting Trolley
"The Lightning Route Trolleys run every Monday - Saturday 9:00
am - 6:00 pm. Currently, there are 2 trolleys so the wait time is only 20
minutes from the Visitor
Center or any attraction. During winter months there is 1 trolley so the
wait time is 40 minutes.
All-day passes are sold at the Visitor Center and at the Hank Williams Museum.
All-day Passes are $1 for adults and children 6 years & older and $.50
for seniors and for handicapped/disabled. Each ride to and from an attraction
is a quarter for adults and children 6 & up and $.10 for seniors and handicapped/disabled.
To the take a tour of a route, it's a quarter per route.
From the Trolley Green Route, you can view the following
attractions: The Hank Williams Museum, Rosa Parks Museum, Court Square Fountain,
St. John's Episcopal Church, Old Alabama Town, and The Hank Williams Statue.
From the Trolley Gold Route, you can view The Judicial Building,
Dexter Ave King Memorial Baptist Church, The State Capitol, The Mooseum, The
Alabama Archives & History Building, The Confederate Memorial, The Hank
Williams Museum and Court Square Fountain."
Old
Alabama Town
Check the site for discounts and coupons.
Adults $7
6-18 $3.00
under 6 - Free
STEVENSON
Free
Russell Cave
SCOTTSBORO
$5 per person under 2 free:
Old MacDonald's
Petting Zoo
CULLMAN
Cullman
County Museum
$5 per class for 45 minute tour. A homeschool family counts as a class
however, you have several families, they can all go for the $5 per class rate.
Sportsman's
Lake
Located behind the Fairgrounds off 2nd Ave/Hwy 31. Free
They have a big lake and you can feed the ducks. There is a paved walking/biking
trail around the lake and a nice little wildflower garden at the other.
At the very end of the road that goes around the lake, there is a mountain
bike trail-3 in fact. In the summer and most warm weekends, you can
ride the miniature train for $2 or let the kids ride the miniature Ferris
Wheel or the carousel for $1 a ride. The carousel is not safe for little kids
alone, it goes really fast-they will let Mommy's ride free. The Ferris wheel
is a nice safe thrill. They also have ice cream and other snacks at reasonable
prices in the snack bar. I recommend the 'birthday cake' ice cream.
The paddleboats are for 2 people only and are $3 per person. The boats
are new for 2008 and are much harder to pedal than the old ones, don't expect
younger children to be able to handle one alone.
FLORENCE
Every October:
Alabama
Renaissance Faire
Admission: FREE / Contact: Bill Warren, PO Box 431, Florence, AL 35631, (256)
768-3031, email: bwarren@fcs.k12.al.us or David Mitchell at dmitchelljr@hotmail.com,
Site: Wilson Park, downtown Florence, AL / Booths: 100 / Attendance: 38,000
/ Weapons: must be peace-tied / Full service camping w/in 5 mi., food and
lodging w/in 1-2 miles. A Renaissance Feast will be held one week prior to
the Faire
ANNISTON
Anniston
Museum of Natural History FREE after 1 p.m. on Thursdays
Otherwise$4.50 adult/ $3.50 ages 4-17
Family membership is $35 a year.
Located in Lagarde Park, Anniston, Alabama, at the junction of Highways 431
and 21. From Interstate 20, exit 185, 7 miles north on Highway 21. Allow 1-1/2
hours driving time from Birmingham or Atlanta.
BESSEMER
Tannehill Ironworks
$3.00 Adults (12 years and older)
$2.00 Seniors (Ages 62 and older)
$1.00 Children (Ages 6-11) ages 5 and under free
$2.00 round-trip miniature railroad
CLANTON
The
Water Course
Free
just off of Interstate 65, Exit 205
The Water Course’s high-tech exhibits will teach visitors about Alabama’s
waterways and reservoirs, the state’s geography, and how water affects
the lifestyles we lead. Visitors can take a simulated helicopter ride over
some of the state’s waterways or challenge their classmates in the game
show.
TUSCALOOSA
At the University
Alabama Museum
of Natural History
14 Miles South of Tuscaloosa:
Moundville
Adults $4.00
Children $2.00
MOBILE
Mobile
Visitors Center
One South Water Street
Mobile, AL 36602
1-800-5-MOBILE (1-800-566-2453)
Dauphin Island:
Estuarium
Adults $6.00, 5-18 $3.00
Fort Gaines Free