Sport & Outdoor
Outdoor AdventureCheaha State Park
Under $25Hike to granite overlooks and climb a stone tower on Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in Alabama.
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Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is an attraction in Lincoln, AL, part of the Greater Birmingham guide. Cost: under $25.
3366 Speedway Blvd · Lincoln, AL
Why you should go…
Talladega Superspeedway opened in 1969 on the site of the former Anniston Air Force Base in Lincoln, Alabama, and was known as Alabama International Motor Speedway until 1989. The 2.66-mile tri-oval has turns banked at 33 degrees and hosts two NASCAR Cup Series races a year, one in spring and one in fall. Next to the track, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame has three exhibit halls on a self-guided walk of about an hour.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Talladega Superspeedway, ordered by straight-line distance.
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FreeWalk among the blast furnaces and machinery of a Birmingham pig iron plant that ran from 1882 to 1971.
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Under $25Walk through self-guided galleries that trace the Birmingham Campaign and the wider American civil rights movement.
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16th Street Baptist Church
Under $25Tour the 1911 church where a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing killed four girls, a landmark of the civil rights era.
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