Where to visit on the Alabama map

Alabama State is situated in the southeast of the United States and has a coastline along the Gulf of Mexico. Its nickname is the Yellowhammer State, named after a bird, although it is also known as the ‘Heart of Dixie.’ To learn more about the attractions to visit within the Alabama State, read the guide below.

Cities and living museums

Alabama cities Some of Alabama’s attractions are its major cities with the state capital being Montgomery. Alabama’s largest city by population is Birmingham with Huntsville claiming to be larger by land area. Its oldest city and only seaport is Mobile founded by French colonists. Noccalula Falls The centrepiece of Gadsden City Park is its 90 foot waterfall over Lookout Mountain Ledge. It offers interests for the whole family with a variety of locations including a deer park and petting zoo, botanical gardens, train rides and picnic grounds. Burritt on the Mountain
This living museum close to Huntsville offers spectacular views of the city and shows the life of southern farmers of the 18th and 19th centuries. The barnyard area is popular with small children with its animals on show. In the autumn, there is the added attraction of pumpkin patches and haystack mazes. Blacksmith shops, smokehouses and furnaces authentic to the region's past show the historical aspect of life of the early settlers.

Historical and natural attractions

Oak Mountain State Park
This is Alabama’s largest State Park and contains nearly 10,000 acres of mountains, lakes and forests to discover. Activities within the park include swimming, hiking, fishing, golf, horse riding or just enjoying the natural surroundings. Oak Mountain is the most southerly point of the Appalachian chain of mountains. Twickenham historical district
This area of Huntsville was the named after the suburb in London, England and was an earlier name for the city of Huntsville. The district has a number of examples of early nineteenth century homes in several architectural styles. The oldest home still existing in the city dates from 1814, within Twickenham many of the areas bankers, attorneys and leading merchants had built fashionable homes, these were seized during the US Civil War and this probably saved them from being destroyed during that conflict. Birmingham botanical gardens
Set among 67 acres of rolling hills south of the city’s downtown, the botanical gardens are a nice relaxing place to visit and walk amongst the 20 themed gardens on show. Within the complex, there is a garden centre, a library and a conservatory. The glass greenhouse of the conservatory is the largest within the southeast of the US. One of the most popular attractions is its Japanese garden, completed with a tea house and a Zen garden.