Huntsville is the city located in the Madison County, Alabama, USA. Huntsville, Alabama USA is consistently named as one of the best places to live and work. According to the 2000 census, the population of Huntsville was 164,570. Huntsville is located in the Tennessee River Valley. Here you can find several tables and big hills partly surround the city. These mesas are connected with the Cumberland Plateau, and are often called as mountains.
Technology, space, and defense industries have a major occurrence here in this city of Huntsville, such as, the Army's Redstone Arsenal, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and Cummings Research Park. This place is also a home to varied manufacturing, retail and service industries.
If you are planning to go for a tour to Huntsville then be sure that you are in the right track. Here you can find many travel attractions in this place. Few of them are discussed below:
Historic Districts
Huntsville the city has three Historic Districts, namely:
- Twickenham Historic District
- Old Town Historic District
- Five Points Historic
Museums
In your tour to Huntsville you can also find a large number of museums to explore. Such as,
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center
- Alabama Constitution Village
- Burritt Museum and Park
- Clay House Museum
- Early Works Museum
- Harrison Brothers Hardware Store
- Foundation
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- The Historic Huntsville Depot
- Huntsville Museum of Art
- Sci-Quest
Parks
In your vacation to Huntsville you can visit to some amusement parks too. Namely,
- Monte Sano State Park
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- Huntsville Botanical Garden
- Land Trust of Huntsville.
Here in this city of Huntsville you can find numbers of public and private golf courses. Few of them are mentioned below:
Public Golf Courses
Hampton Cove
The Becky Pierce Municipal Golf Course,
Monrovia Golf Course
Sunset Landing Golf Club Colonial Golf Course
Fox Run Golf Course
Harvest Hills Golf Course
Chriswood Golf Course
Southern Gayles
Canebrake
Private Golf Courses
Huntsville Country Club
The Ledges is Huntsville's newest golf community
Valley Hill Country Club
Libraries
In Huntsville you can find the Huntsville Madison County Public Library which was founded in 1818. This is Alabama's oldest continually operating library system. This library has 12 branches throughout the county including one bookmobile. The core library records contain assets of historical resources, including displays of photographic collections and artifacts, as well as it also features daily public programs.
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