Blevins Gap Nature Preserve, Huntsville

Name: Blevins Gap Nature Preserve
Address: Huntsville, United States

#16 among attractions in Huntsville

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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. The northern section measures 267 acres with 4.5 miles of trails, a rocky incline, and waterfalls. The southern portion measures the remaining 727 acres and contains 8 miles of woodland trails. ()

Area: 1.55 mi²Elevation: 981 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 34°39'22"N, 86°31'14"W

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Southeast QuadrantHuntsville United States

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Blevins Gap Nature Preserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southern Adventures, Parkway Place Mall, Weeden House Museum, Burritt on the Mountain.

5.1 miNW
Water park, Game and entertainment center, Amusement park
Southern Adventures, Huntsville
129 min walk • Southern Adventures was an amusement park in Huntsville, Alabama. The amusement park had many rides, such as roller coaster named L'il Renegade, bumper cars, kiddie rides, and an arcade.
5.2 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Parkway Place Mall, Huntsville
133 min walk • Parkway Place is an upscale shopping mall in Huntsville, Alabama that opened on October 16, 2002. Parkway Place is located at the site of the older Parkway City Mall, which was torn down to allow for the construction of the newer facility.
6.2 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Weeden House Museum, Huntsville
158 min walk • The Weeden House Museum is a historic two-story house in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford, and designed in the Federal architectural style.
4.3 miN
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Burritt on the Mountain, Huntsville
110 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.
5.6 miN
Hiking trail, Hiking
Monte Sano Nature Preserve, Huntsville
144 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.
3.9 miS
Park, Nature and wildlife, Trail
Madison County Nature Trail, Huntsville
100 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
143 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.
6.1 miNW
Library
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, Huntsville
155 min walk • The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library is a public, Carnegie library in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 1818, when Alabama was still a part of the Mississippi Territory, it is the oldest continuing library in the state.
5.9 miNW
Playground, Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville
152 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.
6.1 miSW
Bridge
Clement C. Clay Bridge, Huntsville
157 min walk • The Clement C. Clay Bridge is a two bridge span over the Tennessee River just south of Huntsville in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Both bridges are cantilever truss types.
4.5 miNW
34°41'32"N • 86°35'10"W
U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum, Huntsville
115 min walk • Museum, History museum, Military museum