National Parks - Alabama

map courtesy of the National Park Service

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
On March 27, 1814, at the "horseshoe bend" in the Tallapoosa River, Andrew Jackson's forces broke the power of the Upper Creek Indian Confederacy.

Little River Canyon National Preserve
Protects the natural, scenic, cultural, and recreational resources of the Little River Canyon of northeast Alabama.

Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Parallels the Natchez Trace Parkway, which commemorates the original Natchez Trace, an ancient path that began as a series of animal tracks and Native American trails.

Russell Cave National Monument
Displays an almost continuous archeological record of human habitation from at least 7,000 B.C. until about A.D. 1650.

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Preserves Moton Field, the small Alabama airport that served as a training site in World War II for the all-black air corps unit known as the Tuskegee Airmen. (No web site yet.)

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
Booker T. Washington founded this college for African Americans in 1881. Site includes his home and the George Washington Carver Museum.

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