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Blountsville Historical Park
The Historical Park is located in Blountsville, AL and has on display some of the finest log cabins in existence. Most of the buildings have period furnishings and have been restored.
Palisades Park
Blount County Palisades Park offers a relaxing atmosphere with scenic views atop of Ebell Mountain. The park has been enjoyed by visitors since November of 1973.
Locust Fork River
The Locust Fork is a venerable and ancient treasure, a river literally older than the hills. This river deserves to remain free-flowing – along the path it has claimed through the eons.
Spring Valley Beach
Spring Valley Beach Waterpark is a family owned and operated waterpark located in Blountsville, Alabama. The water park is approximately 60 minutes north of Birmingham, AL and approximately 60 minutes south of Huntsville, Alabama right off of Highway 231.
Highland Lake
This picturesque town is a vibrant community with both full-time residents and property owners whose vacation homes are a welcome break during the summer months and weekends from their busy lives in the city.
Rickwood Caverns
What makes Rickwood Caverns State Park unique is the massive cave that contains 260-million-year-old formations that were created by water and reveal evidence that the cave was carved from an ocean bed.
Horse Pens 40
Horse pens 40 is a historic outdoor nature park, a natural wonderland of unique rock formations nestled atop Chandler Mountain in the foothills of the Appalachians.
Scenic Overlook Park at King's Bend
A scenic vista on a scenic river, providing not only scenery but access to the river for recreational usage by residents and the growing tide of tourists from near and far.
The Covered Bridges
Horton Mill Covered Bridge is located five miles north of Oneonta on State Highway 75. Built in the mid-1930s, the wooden bridge is 220-foot-long. Crossing over the Black Warrior River at 70-foot high, Horton Mill is one of the highest covered bridges in the nation. It is closed to vehicle traffic, but pedestrians can still cross the bridge.
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Easley Covered Bridge is located five miles northwest of Oneonta on Easley Covered Bridge Road, off US Highway 231. The bridge is 95-foot long and was built in the late 1920s. It is a town lattice truss construction that spans the Dub Branch of the Calvert Prong of the Little Warrior River. Currently, Easley is the only covered bridge in Blount County motorists can drive across.
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Swann Covered Bridge is located on Swann Bridge Road off State Highway 79 just west of the town of Cleveland and about 10 miles northwest of Oneonta. The wood-and-metal bridge is one of the longest covered bridges in the nation at 324-foot long with it crossing the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River. It is currently closed to motorist traffic.
For information, follow the Blount-Oneonta Chamber of Commerce on Facebook or call 205-274-2153.