Alabama (AL)

Alabama State Flag

"We Dare Maintain Our Rights"

"Heart of Dixie", "Cotton State" and "Yellowhammer State"

Why visit Alabama?

Historian travelers particularly interested in Civil Rights along with antebellum homes, caves, college football, festivals, golf, Gulf Coast beaches, hiking, music lovers (country and blues), NASCAR enthusiasts, recreational outdoors, southern cooking and waterfalls.

Montgomery City, AL Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay

Fun Facts

• Named after an Alabama Indian Tribe.
  
• In 1819, became the 22nd state.
  
• Known for African-American freedom marches led by: Booker Washington, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and George Washington Carver.
  
• The Saturn V Rocket was built in Huntsville earning the nickname, "The Rocket City".
  
• Known as the "Peanut Capital of the World" producer.
  
• American Civil War started in Alabama.
• Thirtieth largest state in the United States. 
  
• Largest supplier of cast iron and steel pipe products.
• Since 1850, Chilton County has been leading production of local peaches.
• In 1861, joined the Confederacy.
• In 1953, the State Legislature officially adopted the Creed of Alabama written by Mrs. H.P. Thetford.
  
• In 2004, Alabama State Legislature named Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey as the official state spirit. 
  

About Alabama State

• Capitol: Montgomery
• State Bird: Yellowhammer
• State Dessert: Lane Cake
• State Flower: Camellia
• State Gemstone: Star Blue Quartz
• State Mammal: Black Bear
• State Rock: Marble

Bellingrath Gardens & Home, Theodore, AL. Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay

Thank You!

• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, written by Fannie Flagg.
  
• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, written by James Agee.
  
• To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee.
  
• Spotlight Celebrities: Bo Jackson (Athlete), Channing Tatum (Actor, Dancer, Model), Condoleezza Rice (Politician), Courteney Cox (Actress), Hank Williams (Country Singer), Jesse Owens (Olympian), Jim Nabors (Actor), Joe Louis (Boxer), Laverne Cox (Actress), Lionel Richie (Singer), Nat King Cole (Singer), Nell Carter (Actress), Robin Roberts (TV Journalist), Rosa Parks (Activist) and Willie Mays (Baseball Player).

Be sure to enjoy the local state grown peaches, pecans and peanuts! Allow your taste buds to feast on regional southern specialty: grits, barbecue pork, black eye peas, collard greens, fried catfish, fried green tomatoes and fried okra. No meal is complete without dessert, so save room for a slice of peach or pecan pie.

   

Alabama Cotton Farm. Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay

Good to Know

• Shop in Scottsboro, Unclaimed Baggage Center to purchase the contents of unclaimed luggage lost by major airlines.
  
• One of our most religious states.
• Home to Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr, offering 468 holes between eleven sites.
• Approximately twenty tornadoes occur annually.

Amongst the hottest summers with mild winters; is prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms and vulnerable to droughts and floods.

• Best Time to Visit: June, September - November
• Coldest Month: January
• Humid & Hottest Month: July
• Peak Season: May - August

Noccalula Falls, Gadsden, Alabama. Photo Credit: Loc Giang/Unsplash

Your Must-See & Do

• Historical Sites: Belle Mont Mansion, Cassimus House, Clarkson Covered Bridge, Forks of Cypress, Fort Gaines, Fort Mims, Fort Mitchell Historic Site, Fort Toulouse-Jackson Park, Freedom Riders National Monument, Geographical Center of Alabama, Historic Redstone Rocket Test Site, Jemison Turner House, Kymulga Covered Bridge, Kymulga Grist Mill, Kenworthy Hall, Middle Bay Lighthouse, Old Alabama Town, Pond Spring (General Joe Wheeler Home), Sweetwater Mansion, Tanglewood, Union Station Montgomery, Tankersley Rosenwald School, Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park, The Jackson-Community House, Toomer's Oaks, Wetumpka Impact Crater Marker and Winter Place.
• Museums: Aircraft Pavilion, Alabama State Capitol, Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens, Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Battleship Memorial Park, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, Capitol Historic Building Tour, Civil Rights Memorial, Colonial Fort Condé, Dexter Parsonage Museum, EarlyWorks Museum, First White House of the Confederacy, Freedom Rides Museum, Gaineswood, Helen Keller Birthplace, Jule Collins Smith Museum, Magnolia Grove, Mobile Carnival Museum, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Alabama, Moundville Archaeological Park, McWane Science Center, North Alabama Railroad Museum, Old State Bank, Oakleigh House Museum, Old Courthouse Museum, Pioneer Museum of Alabama, Rikard's Mill Historical Park, Rosa Parks Museum, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Spear Hunting Museum, The Hank Williams Museum, The Legacy Museum, The MOOseum, The Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, U.S. Army Aviation Museum, U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum, USS Alabama, U.S. Snagboat Montgomery, U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Vulcan Park & Museum.
• National Parks: Alabama State Park, Bankhead National Forest, Blakeley State Park, Bladon Springs County Park, Blue Springs State Park, Buck's Pocket State Park, Cathedral Caverns State Park, Cheaha State Park, Chewacla State Park, Chickasaw State Park, Conecuh National Forest, DeSoto State Park, Florala State Park, Frank Jackson State Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf State Park, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Joe Wheeler State Park, Lake Guntersville State Park, Lake Lurleen State Park, Little River Canyon, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Meaher State Park, Monte Sano State Park, Oak Mountain State Park, Paul M. Grist State Park, Rickwood Caverns State Park, Rock Garden, Rock Springs Nature Trail, Roland Cooper State Park, Russell Cave National Monument, Talladega National Forest, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center and Wind Creek State Park.
• Popular Attractions: Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure, Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, Alabama & Mississippi State Line, Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Alabama State Fair, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Alligator Alley, Aldridge Gardens, Ave Maria Grotto, Bamahenge, Bellingrath Gardens & Home, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham Zoo, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Bryant-Denny Stadium, Cathedral Caverns State Park, Confederate Memorial Park, DeSoto Caverns, Devil's Den Falls, Dinosaurs In The Woods - Brontosaurus, Dismals Canyon, Donald E. Davis Arboretum, Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Falling Rock Falls Trail Head, Governor's Mansion, Fairhope Municipal Pier, Floating Fun, Harmony Park Safari, Heritage Park Cullman, High Country Cellars, Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Huntsville Botanical Garden, Kings Chair, Lowndes Interpretive Center, Montgomery Zoo & Mann Wildlife Learning Museum, Maggie's Glen, Moss Rock Preserve, Noccalula Falls, Peavine Falls, Phobia Factory, Pisgah Gorge Falls, Point Mallard Park, Railroad Park Foundation, Ruffner Mountain, Shrine of The Most Blessed Sacrament, Sportsman Lake Park, Spring Valley Beach, Talladega Superspeedway, The American Village, The Estuarium at Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Town of Spectre, U.S. Space & Rocket Center, USS Alabama, W.A. Gayle Planetarium, White Oak Vineyards, World of Coca-Cola, World's Smallest City Block, Waterville USA/Escape House and Wright Brother's Park.
• Popular Cities to Visit: Anniston, Athens, Auburn, Birmingham, Cullman, Daphine, Dauphin Island, Decatur, Dothan, Eufaula, Fairhope, Florence, Foley, Gadsden, Hoover, Huntsville, Madison, Mentone, Mobile, Montgomery, Muscle Shoals, Pelham, Phenix City, Opelika, Prattville, Scottsboro, Selma, Spanish Fort, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia and Wetumpka.
• Special Events: Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Ongoing), Mobile Mardi Gras (February - March), Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee (March), To Kill a Mockingbird (March-April), Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic (May), AOHA Alabama State Championship Horse Show (May), Civil War Reenactment (May), Hangout Music Festival (May), Alabama Sports Festival (June), Chilton County Peach Festival (June), Helen Keller Festival (June), Muscle Shoals Street Rod Festival (June), Monroe County NCPRA Rodeo (August), Fayette Arts Festival (September), Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride (September), “Oka Kapassa” Return to Cold Water American Indian Festival (September), Alabama Renaissance Faire (October), Barber Motorsports Park Festival (October), Kentuck Festival of Arts (October), Secret Stages Music Festival (October), Peanut Festival (November), Christmas on the River Cook-Off (December) and Dickens Christmas Feast (December).

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL. Photo Credit: David Mark/Pixabay 

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