Owens Cross Roads, Huntsville

Name: Owens Cross Roads
Address: Huntsville, United States

#93 among attractions in Huntsville

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Owens Cross Roads is a city in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was incorporated in 1967. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,594. The City has a mayor-council form of government. The City Hall, including City Clerk, Municipal Court and Police Departments are located at 9032 US Highway 431. ()

Alternative names: Area: 8.42 mi²Coordinates: 34°39'38"N, 86°29'1"W

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Owens Cross Roads – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burritt on the Mountain, Monte Sano Nature Preserve, Madison County Nature Trail, Monte Sano State Park.

5 miNW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Burritt on the Mountain, Huntsville
127 min walk • Burritt on the Mountain is an open-air museum in Huntsville, Alabama. The museum grounds on Round Top Mountain, a plateau connected to Monte Sano Mountain, were the estate of local physician William Burritt, who willed his house and land to the city for use as a museum upon his death in 1955.
6.2 miNW
Hiking trail, Hiking
Monte Sano Nature Preserve, Huntsville
157 min walk • Monte Sano Nature Preserve is, at 1,107 acres, 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.
4.7 miSW
Park, Nature and wildlife, Trail
Madison County Nature Trail, Huntsville
119 min walk • The Madison County Nature Trail a.k.a. Green Mountain Nature Trail is a 72-acre park in Huntsville, Alabama. It is located above the surrounding communities atop Green Mountain in southeast Huntsville. A 1.5-mile trail surrounds 17-acre Sky Lake.
5.6 miN
Park
Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville
142 min walk • Monte Sano State Park is a publicly owned recreation area and mountaintop retreat encompassing 2,140 acres on the eastern portion of the top and slopes of Monte Sano Mountain on the east side of Huntsville, Alabama.
2.1 miW
Park
Blevins Gap Nature Preserve, Huntsville
55 min walk • Blevins Gap Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in southern Huntsville, Alabama. It measures 994 acres in total and contains over 12 miles of trails within its borders. Cecil Ashburn Drive splits the preserve into two parts.
7 miNW
Playground, Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville
178 min walk • Maple Hill Cemetery is the oldest and largest cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded on two acres in about the year 1822, it now encompasses nearly 100 acres and contains over 80,000 burials.
7.4 miNW
Neighbourhood
Five Points Historic District, Huntsville
189 min walk • The Five Points Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama in the vicinity and east of the intersection of Holmes Avenue, Pratt Avenue, California Street, and Andrew Jackson Way.
7.2 miNW
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture
Twickenham Historic District, Huntsville
184 min walk • Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973, with a boundary increase on May 26, 2015.
7 miNW
Monuments and statues
Confederate Soldier Memorial, Huntsville
178 min walk • The Confederate Soldier Memorial, or Confederate Monument, is located in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.
7.3 miNW
Frat house
Helion Lodge 1, Huntsville
188 min walk • Helion Lodge #1 is a Masonic lodge in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the oldest operating lodge of Freemasons in the state. According to Grand Historian Joseph Abram Jackson's Masonry in Alabama, it is "the birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama." Helion Lodge is also the common name for the building, built in 1911, where the lodge meets.
1.7 miNE
Neighbourhood
Hampton Cove, Huntsville
43 min walk • Hampton Cove is a master-planned housing subdivision located in Big Cove area of Huntsville, Alabama. Situated in the foothills and valleys of North Alabama's Cumberland Plateau, the 2,800-acre Housing lies in the coves between Monte Sano Mountain and Green Mountain to the west, and Keel Mountain to the east.