Parks and places to go around Huntsville

Big Spring International Park is in downtown Huntsville around the spring the city grew from, with the Huntsville Museum of Art and Von Braun Center on its edges.

Outdoors

W Side Square, Huntsville, AL

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Big Spring Memorial Park is on Market Street in Athens around the spring that marks where the town was first settled.

Outdoors

• Picnic shelter

350 Market St E, Athens, AL 35611

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Brahan Spring Park runs to about 170 acres in southwest Huntsville and holds soccer fields, a disc golf course and the city aquatics center.

Outdoors

• disc golf course
• soccer fields
• Playground

500 Drake Ave, Huntsville, AL

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California Street Park is on California Street southeast of downtown Huntsville.

Outdoors

708 California St SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Cove Park covers about 98 acres on Old Highway 431 in the Hampton Cove area of southeast Madison County.

Outdoors

834 Old Highway 431, Hampton Cove, AL 35763

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Dublin Memorial Park in Madison holds an indoor pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, soccer fields and a walking track.

Outdoors

• tennis courts
• basketball courts
• soccer fields
• walking track

8324 Madison Pike, Madison, AL 35758

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The Huntsville Botanical Garden covers about 118 acres off Bob Wallace Avenue and opened to the public in 1988.

Outdoors · Fee

4747 Bob Wallace Ave SW, Huntsville, AL 35805

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John Hunt Park covers about 428 acres near the center of Huntsville and holds soccer fields, a skatepark, a disc golf course and a tennis complex.

Outdoors

• Playground
• skatepark
• disc golf course
• tennis complex
• mountain bike trails

2151 Airport Rd SW, Huntsville, AL 35805

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The Madison County Nature Trail runs about 1.5 miles around 17-acre Sky Lake atop Green Mountain and passes a covered bridge and a chapel.

Outdoors · Free

• Parking
• Picnic area
• Picnic shelter
• Restrooms
• Accessible

5000 Nature Trail Rd SE, Huntsville, AL 35803

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Maple Hill Park is on McClung Avenue Southeast, east of downtown Huntsville.

Outdoors

1351 McClung Ave SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Monte Sano State Park covers about 2,140 acres on the mountain east of Huntsville with over 20 miles of hiking and biking trails.

Outdoors

• Picnic area
• Parking

5105 Nolen Ave SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Optimist Park is on Oakwood Avenue in north Huntsville and holds a city recreation center.

Outdoors

703 Oakwood Ave NE, Huntsville, AL 35811

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Palmer Park is on Palmer Road in Madison and is where the Bradford Creek Greenway begins.

Outdoors

574 Palmer Rd, Madison, AL 35758

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Sharon Johnston Park covers more than 250 acres near New Market with a 12-acre fishing lake, a campground, ball fields and picnic shelters.

Outdoors

• Fishing
• Picnic shelter
• Grills
• Playground

783 Coleman Rd, New Market, AL 35761

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Southside Park is on Chaney Thompson Road in south Huntsville and carries an 18-hole disc golf course.

Outdoors

• disc golf course

16159 Chaney Thompson Rd, Huntsville, AL 35803

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Sunshine Oaks covers 40 acres in Madison with an 18-hole disc golf course, a playground, three pavilions and restrooms.

Outdoors

• Playground
• Picnic shelter
• Restrooms
• disc golf course

228 Mose Chapel Rd, Madison, AL 35758

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Swan Creek Park is on US Highway 31 in Athens with a walking track, a playground, a pavilion and a dog area, and it opens onto the greenway trail.

Outdoors

• Playground
• Picnic shelter
• walking track
• Dogs allowed

100 US Highway 31 N, Athens, AL 35611

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The Arrowhead Landing ramp reaches Limestone Creek off Arrowhead Landing Road near Mooresville, with a concrete ramp and a gravel parking area.

Outdoors

• Boat launch
• Parking

Arrowhead Landing Road, Mooresville, AL

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Ditto Landing is Huntsville's public access to the Tennessee River, with a boat launch, a marina, a campground and walking trails.

Outdoors

• Boat launch
• Parking
• Restrooms

293 Ditto Landing Rd SE, Huntsville, AL 35803

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The Madison County Boat Harbor on Harbor Road has a launching ramp, a picnic area, a comfort station and dry storage with 61 berths.

Outdoors

• Boat launch
• Picnic area
• Restrooms
• Water fountain

146 Harbor Rd, Huntsville, AL 35803

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Sportsman Park on Elk River Mills Road north of Athens is a launch point on the Elk River canoe and kayak trail.

Outdoors

• Boat launch
• Kayak launch

11155 Elk River Mills Rd, Athens, AL 35614

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The Aldridge Creek Greenway runs about four miles of paved path from Willow Park south to Ditto Landing on the Tennessee River.

Outdoors

• Paved path

Bailey Cove Road, Huntsville, AL

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Blevins Gap Nature Preserve conserves 1,086 acres on two parcels south of Huntsville, the larger of which carries about eight miles of hiking trails.

Outdoors

3470 Cecil Ashburn Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35802

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The Bradford Creek Greenway runs about 2.4 miles of paved path in Madison between Palmer Park and Heritage Elementary School.

Outdoors

• Paved path
• Parking

Mill Road, Madison, AL

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Chapman Mountain Nature Preserve conserves 551 acres east of Huntsville with about 4.5 miles of hiking trails and an 18-hole disc golf course.

Outdoors

• Parking
• disc golf course

1263 US Highway 72 E, Huntsville, AL 35811

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Green Mountain Nature Preserve covers 366 acres with about five miles of hiking trails that pass streams, waterfalls and Alum Cave.

Outdoors

13800 South Shawdee Rd, Huntsville, AL 35803

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Hays Nature Preserve is along the Flint River south of Owens Cross Roads and connects to the Big Cove Creek and Flint River greenways.

Outdoors

• Parking

7161 US Highway 431 S, Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763

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The Indian Creek Greenway runs about 3.6 miles of paved path along Indian Creek between Madison and west Huntsville.

Outdoors

• Paved path
• Parking

Old Madison Pike, Madison, AL

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The Mill Creek Greenway runs along Mill Creek in Madison and passes the Mill Creek Dog Park on Balch Road.

Outdoors

• Paved path

38 Balch Rd, Madison, AL 35758

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Monte Sano Nature Preserve holds more than 1,100 acres just east of downtown Huntsville with about 22 miles of trails for hikers and mountain bikers.

Outdoors

• Parking

2442 Bankhead Pkwy NE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Rainbow Mountain Preserve is above Madison off Stoneway Trail and carries hiking trails and rock outcrops kept by the Land Trust of North Alabama.

Outdoors

230 Stoneway Trail, Madison, AL 35758

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The Swan Creek Greenway Trail runs about 2.3 miles along Swan Creek in Athens and is a National Recreation Trail.

Outdoors

• Parking

1403 US Highway 31, Athens, AL 35611

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Wade Mountain Nature Preserve is off Spragins Hollow Road in northwest Huntsville and is one of the Land Trust of North Alabama preserves.

Outdoors

10130 Spragins Hollow Rd NW, Huntsville, AL 35810

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Arrowhead Landing carries a 1.1-mile gravel and boardwalk trail through wetland and along two embayments of the Elk River.

Outdoors

• Accessible

Arrowhead Landing Road, Mooresville, AL

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The downtown branch on Monroe Street is the main library of a system that serves all of Madison County.

Indoors · Free

915 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801

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The Madison Public Library on Plaza Boulevard is the Madison branch of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library system.

Indoors · Free

142 Plaza Blvd, Madison, AL 35758

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Alabama Constitution Village on Gates Avenue marks the site where delegates wrote Alabama's first constitution in 1819.

Outdoors

109 Gates Ave, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Burritt on the Mountain is on top of Monte Sano and holds a historic house, a farm village and trails that link to the nature preserve.

Indoors

3101 Burritt Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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EarlyWorks Children's Museum is on Madison Street downtown and is one of the EarlyWorks museums, along with Alabama Constitution Village.

Indoors

404 Madison St SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Harrison Brothers Hardware is on the south side of the Huntsville courthouse square and is run by the Historic Huntsville Foundation.

Indoors

124 Southside Square, Huntsville, AL 35801

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The Historic Huntsville Depot on Church Street is a three-story brick depot built in 1860.

Indoors

320 Church St NW, Huntsville, AL 35801

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The Houston Memorial Library and Museum in Athens stands in the 1835 home of Alabama governor and senator George Houston.

Indoors

101 N Houston St, Athens, AL 35611

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The Huntsville Museum of Art is on Church Street inside Big Spring International Park in downtown Huntsville.

Indoors

300 Church St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801

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The Robert Donnell House on South Clinton Street in Athens is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Indoors

601 S Clinton St, Athens, AL 35611

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The U.S. Space and Rocket Center on Tranquility Base holds the INTUITIVE Planetarium and is the home of Space Camp.

Indoors · Fee

• Parking

1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL 35805

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The Weeden House Museum on Gates Avenue is an 1819 home standing in the Twickenham Historic District.

Indoors

300 Gates Ave SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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The Greene Street Market sets up weekly on Eustis Avenue in downtown Huntsville from spring into late fall.

Outdoors

304 Eustis Ave SE, Huntsville, AL 35801

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Bridge Street Town Centre is beside Cummings Research Park with shops, restaurants, a cinema and a walk around its lake.

Indoors

• Parking

365 The Bridge St, Huntsville, AL 35806

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The Jones Valley Recreation Center on Tannahill Drive is one of the city recreation centers in southeast Huntsville.

Indoors

1000A Tannahill Dr SE, Huntsville, AL 35802

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Lowe Mill ARTS and Entertainment on Seminole Drive is a former textile mill holding working artist studios, galleries and performance space.

Indoors

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL 35805

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The Von Braun Center on Monroe Street is Huntsville's arena, concert hall and convention space, standing beside Big Spring International Park.

Indoors

• Parking

700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801

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