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The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a 35,000-acre (142 km 2) national wildlife refuge (NWR) located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama.Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering and migrating birds in the Eastern United States.
Location of Madison County in Alabama. The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Monte Sano Nature Preserve is, at 1,107 acres (448 ha), one of the largest urban nature preserves in the US and is located on Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. The Land Trust of North Alabama manages the nature preserve and Land Trust volunteers have created 23+ miles of public trails.
The McCrary House (also known as McVille) is a historic farm house near Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama. Founded after the initial federal land sale in Madison County in 1809, the farm has been in the McCrary family throughout. [3] It was recognized as an Alabama Century & Heritage Farm in 1979, and reaffirmed on its 200th anniversary in ...
Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and 95th most populous in the US. [12] It is the county seat of Madison County with portions extending into Limestone County and Morgan County. [13] It is located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, [14] [15] south of the state of Tennessee.
The Madison County Nature Trail a.k.a. Green Mountain Nature Trail is a 72-acre (29 ha) park in Huntsville, Alabama. [1] It is located above the surrounding communities atop Green Mountain in southeast Huntsville. A 1.5-mile (2.4 km) trail surrounds 17-acre (6.9 ha) Sky Lake. [2] Facilities include a covered bridge, picnic area and open air ...
The Huntsville Botanical Garden is a 118 acres (480,000 m 2) botanical garden located at 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama, near the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. It is open year-round for a fee. The garden is ranked third on the list of Alabama's top paid tourist attractions, receiving 353,841 visitors in 2018. [1]
Madison is located at (34.711236, -86.731024), [10] primarily within Madison County, while extending west into Limestone County Downtown Huntsville is 11 miles (18 km) east of the center of Madison, although Huntsville also borders Madison to the south and west.