Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureCloudland Canyon State Park
Under $25Hike to canyon overlooks and down to two waterfalls in a thousand-foot-deep gorge on Lookout Mountain.
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Sightseeing
Russell Cave National Monument
A National Park Service archeological site in northeastern Alabama that preserves artifacts from thousands of years of prehistoric human use.
3729 County Road 98, Bridgeport, AL 35740 · Bridgeport, AL
About Russell Cave National Monument
Russell Cave National Monument, run by the National Park Service near Bridgeport in northeastern Alabama, is an archeological site known for one of the most complete records of prehistoric cultures in the Southeast. Excavations in the 1950s recovered a large amount of artifacts tied to roughly 12,000 years of use at one location. Visitors cannot enter the cave itself, but the visitor center displays the artifacts, which illustrate how people lived and moved across this region over time. The monument's landscape, drained by a wide catchment area, also offers wildlife viewing, and the site is listed as a birding stop on the Alabama Birding Trail.
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