Area Attractions
Twin Bridges Golf Club
901 River Bend Drive
Gadsden, AL 35901
Golfers and nature enthusiasts alike will appreciate the natural beauty and calming wildlife that surround the golf course situated on the Coosa Bend River – in addition to eight lakes and five bridges.
Business Phone: 256-549-4866
Website: http://www.twinbridgesgolf.com/
Center for Cultural Arts
501 Broad Street
Gadsden, AL 35901
The Center for Cultural Arts offers North Alabama opportunities to see, learn and experience the arts in all their forms. The Center is a place for art lovers to view a variety of visual, musical and theatrical presentations in a unique facility located in the heart of historic downtown Gadsden. Three galleries change exhibits frequently to provide varied enrichment opportunities. The nationally celebrated Etowah Youth Symphony Orchestra draws enthusiastic crowds at concerts throughout the year. The center features complete convention and banquet facilities and a full service restaurant open for lunch Monday - Friday and for dinner Monday - Saturday. The Center's New Orleans-style Courtyard features live entertainment every weekend all summer weather permitting.
Business Phone: 256-543-2787
Website: http://www.culturalarts.org/
Imagination Place Children's Museum
501 Broad Street
Gadsden, AL 35901
Located in the historic Kyle Building adjacent to the Center for Cultural Arts, Imagination Place is a learning playground with exhibits and programs that promote learning through participatory activity. There is a child-sized "city" where children can pretend to be firefighters, construction workers, doctors, bankers and shoppers. Other exhibits include a desert-making machine, a 10-foot tornado and national traveling exhibits.
Business Phone: 256-543-2787
Website: http://www.culturalarts.org/
Gadsden Convention Hall
344 S 1st Street
Gadsden, AL 35901
Convention Hall has an auditorium which has a banquet seating capacity of 1,000 persons and concert seating of 1,750. The Arthur Green Room has a capacity of 200 persons, with other meeting rooms accommodating 30 to 70 persons. The facility also has kitchen facilities, concession stand and modern stage equipment.
Business Phone: 256-549-4669
Gadsden Museum of Art
2829 West Meighan Boulevard
Gadsden, AL 35904
The museum features a year-round schedule of programs and services, including permanent collections of fine arts, a collection of historical local artifacts, monthly changing exhibits, special annual events and educational outreach programs.
Business Phone: 256-546-7365
Green Valley Speedway
1509 Green Valley Road
Glencoe, AL
Business Phone: 256-492-6242
Horse Pens 40
Chandler Mountain Road
Steele, AL
The unique feature of this land is a ring of rocks, know as "pens" which early settlers used to corral horses. Horse Pens 40 continues to host music festivals, arts & crafts shows, Native American Festivals and Civil War reenactments. Horse Pens 40 also offers camping sites, six miles of hiking trails and a museum with Native American and Civil War exhibits.
Business Phone: 256-570-0002
Nichols Memorial Library
Corner of Cabot & Dwight Avenues
Gadsden, AL 35904
The home of the Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The library is open for genealogical research each Thursday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; and on the first and third Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Noccalula Falls Park
1500 Noccalula Road
Gadsden, AL 35904
This natural wonder features a 90-foot waterfall named for Noccalula, a young Cherokee maiden who plunged to her untimely death rather than forsake her true love. She is memorialized by a statue and the engraved story of her fate. Nestled among the trees in the park is a pioneer village, a group of rustic, hand-hewn log buildings representing a display of pioneer living conditions, included in the village are a country store, grist mill, covered bridge, pioneer home, smoke house, blacksmith shop and more. Other park attractions include a War Memorial and Museum, botanical gradens, hiking trails, sightseeing train, playground, carpet golf, picnic pavilions and meeting facilities.
Business Phone: 256-549-4663 (Park)
Business Phone: 256-543-7412 (Campgrounds)
War Memorial Monument
Noccalula Falls Park
Gadsden, AL 35904
This structure stands as a tribute to the 457 known Etowah County men who died in World War I & II, the Korean, Vietnam and Lebanon Wars. Their names listed in marble remind everyone of their supreme sacrifice for their country.
Business Phone: 256-549-4663
Historic Paseur Park Overlook
3 blocks off State Hwy 211, Harts Avenue
Gadsden, AL 35904
This overlook offers a spectacular view of the City of Gadsden, Coosa River and the mountain ranges. The area was known in the pre-Civil War days as "the cliff" and served as a lookout.
H. Neely Henry Lake (Coosa River)
Neely Henry Lake is made up of 11.200 acres of water and 333 miles of shoreline. The lake is used for pleasure boating and fishing and many bass species are plentiful.
James D. Martin Wildlife Walking Trail
US 411 Behind the Gadsden Mall
Gadsden, AL 35901
Neely Henry Lake is made up of 11.200 acres of water and 333 miles of shoreline. The lake is used for pleasure boating and fishing and many bass species are plentiful.
Spirit of American Citizenship Monument
US 411
Gadsden, AL 35901
Antique Attalla
Downtown Attalla
Attalla, AL 35954
"Three Blocks of Shops" Approximately 21 antique and specialty stores nestled in a quaint little town. Hours vary per store.
Business Phone: 256-538-7811
Mountain Top Flea Market
11301 Hwy 278
W Attalla, AL 35954
More than 1,500 dealers and 2.6 miles of shopping. Open: Every Sunday 5 a.m. until.
Business Phone: 800-535-2286
Wills Creek Vineyards
10522 Duck Springs Road
Attalla, AL 35954
Off Interstate I-59, we are the only active winery in Northern Alabama. Open on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to walk-in visitors.
Business Phone: 256-538-5452
Website: http://www.muscadine.com/winery.htm
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