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1. Things to Do in Gadsden, Alabama: See TripAdvisor's 950 traveler reviews and photos of Gadsden tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in January. We have reviews of the best places to see in Gadsden. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions.
2. This location is 36.35 miles away from Rainsville, AL and Anniston, AL and it would take approximately 39 minutes to reach the halfway point from both locations. Closest City or Town to Halfway Point. The closest town to the halfway point is Gadsden, AL, situated 43.46 miles from Rainsville, AL and 29.64 miles from Anniston, AL.

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An important shipping center in the 19th century, Gadsden on the Coosa River in Alabama is a great city to explore on a weekend trip. Visit the beautiful Noccalula Falls Park where you can see a 90 foot waterfall, caves and botanical gardens, take a romantic walk along Neely Henry Lake, and tour the Gadsden Museum of Art. Best things to do in Gadsden, Alabama with kids include the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts where you will find a children’s museum, music and dance performances.

1.Noccalula Falls Park

One of the top Gadsden attractions, the Noccalula Falls Park & Campground is a 250 acre public park known for its stunning 90 foot high waterfall. The land was given to the city so that a park could be created and the public could enjoy the waterfall and the surrounding area.

There is a gorge trail that leads visitors past historical and natural sights like caves, a pioneer homestead, Civil War carvings, an old abandoned dam, and an aboriginal fort. Other features of the park include the 1899 Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, a mini-golf course, a petting zoo, and the Noccalula Falls Botanical Gardens with its 25,000 azaleas.

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2.Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL

The Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts is the home of several organizations, including the Imagination Place, a children’s museum; the Etowah Youth Orchestras made up of students from several Gadsden City Schools; the Gadsden Community School for the Arts, a school that offers classes in music and the visual arts; and the Downtown Dance Conservatory which provides dance instruction for students of varying levels of experience.

The center also hosts temporary exhibits such as “The Art of Andy Warhol,” “Dinosaur’s Alive,” and live music concerts in the center’s New Orleans-style outdoor courtyard.

501 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama, Phone: 256-543-2787

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3.Neely Henry Lake

Neely Henry Lake was formed in 1966 when the Alabama Power Company built the 57 foot high Neely Henry Dam in order to create hydroelectric power as well as recreation for local residents and tourists. The lake and dam are named after H. Neely Henry, a senior executive of Alabama Power. Covering 11,200 acres, the lake has a shoreline of 339 miles and is used for power, drinking water, and a fish and wildlife habitat. Fishing is very popular on the lake: some of the fish that are caught in Neely Henry Lake include bluegill, largemouth and striped bass, crappie, catfish, and many more. Other activities include biking, camping, and bird watching. More Alabama vacations

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4.Gadsden Museum of Art

Located on Broad Street, the Gadsden Museum of Art was founded in 1963 when the mayor of Gadsden offered space for the museum in Gadsden’s Convention Hall. The first exhibit opened in 1965 and the museum moved several times before finding its current home in downtown Gadsden.

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The museum is made up of three galleries: the first floor gallery houses large shows and exhibitions; the second floor gallery called the Grand Gallery features exhibits often displaying objects from the museum’s permanent collection. Artifacts, photographs, and other objects related to local history are housed in the gallery on the third floor.

515 Broad Street, Gadsden, Alabama, Phone: 256-546-7365

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5.The Factory, Gadsden, Alabama

The Factory is an indoor activity center with arcades, laser tag batting cages, foam pits, and trampolines located on Thomas Drive in Gadsden. The Factory began as an actual factory in the 1980s with tools and machinery; in 2013, the son of the owner of The Factory bought the building and transformed it into a giant play center for children and adults.

Some of the activities include “Open Jump,” 10,000 square feet of connected trampolines; “Si-Fi Safari Galactic Laser Course,” a hi-tech laser tag game; and “Flight Simulator,” where visitors get to take the controls of the simulated aircraft. There are special events like “Teen Night” and “Munchkin Jump,” as well as field trips and birthday parties.

100 Thomas Drive, Gadsden, Alabama, Phone: 256-312-8974

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6. Back Forty Beer Co

Located on North Sixth Street, Back Forty Beer Co is a craft beer company in Gadsden. The name comes from the fact that the farmland furthest from the barn is hardest to maintain, yet its soil remains very fertile. Fertile soil means great crops, so Back Forty Beer Company prides itself on its high quality and popular products.

Founded in 2008, the brewery began offering its first product, the Naked Pig Pale Ale, in 2009. It moved into a 27,000 square foot warehouse built in the 1940s, installed its equipment, and began creating more brews such as Fence Post Session Ale, Freckle Belly India Pale Ale, and more. Read more

200 North Sixth Street, Gadsden, Alabama, Phone: 256-467-4912

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7.Twin Bridges Golf Club, Gadsden, Alabama

Located on Cartersburg Road, the Twin Bridges Gold Club is an 18 hole golf course in Gadsden. Designed by Gene Bates, it is a 6,800 yard par 72 golf course that is appropriate for golfers of all levels, from beginners to veteran golf players.

Set along the scenic Coosa River, golfers will not only enjoy the well-manicured and maintained Bermuda fairway and bent grass greens, but they will also have the opportunity to see the natural beauty and interesting wildlife along the Coosa River. There are several hitting stations and an 8,000 square foot putting green. The club offers several kinds of instruction including group lessons, private instruction, and clinics.

901 Riverbend Dr, Gadsden, Alabama, Phone: 256-549-4866

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8.Imagination Place, Gadsden, AL

Imagination Place is a children’s museum that is part of the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts and is located on Broad Street. Designed for children aged two through ten, the museum features fun activities for children while, at the same time, gives them educational experiences. If you are looking for fun things to do in Gadsden, Alabama with kids, this is a great place to visit.

KidsTown USA is the museum’s permanent exhibit with scaled down versions of things like a construction pit, a farm, a grocery store, a medical clinic, a sunken pirate ship, and much more. Children can take a ride on the Imagination Express from the train station or jump on the back of an ambulance.

PMary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, Alabama, Phone: 256-543-2787

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9.James D. Martin Wildlife Park Trail

Located along the backwaters of the Neely Henry Lake on the Coosa River, the James D. Martin Wildlife Park allows visitors the opportunity to observe the wildlife via a walking trail along the shoreline as well as a series of boardwalks that have been built out over the surface of the lake.

These boardwalks give visitors access to some of the wooded islands at the mouth of Black Creek. The terrain of the area includes wooded borders, mudflats, and wetlands: these are all homes to a large variety of wildlife, especially birds such as bald eagles, several kinds of egrets and herons, as well as osprey.

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10.Lookout Mountain Parkway, Gadsden, Alabama

The Lookout Mountain Parkway is a 93 mile road that stretches from Gadsden, AL to Chattanooga, TN. It is a very scenic drive through three U.S. states: visitors will enjoy seeing canyons, national and state parks, waterfalls, and towns and villages. The drive begins at Noccalula Falls Park on top of Lookout Mountain in Gadsden.

Some of the attractions and parks along the parkway include the 5,000 acre DeSoto State Park with its hiking and camping, Little River Canyon National Park with its canyons and waterfalls, and the 800 acre Shady Grove Dude Ranch and Cloudmont Ski & Golf Resort. Mentone with its mineral springs has been a health resort town since the late 1800s.

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10 Best Things to Do in Gadsden, Alabama

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• Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL, Photo: Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts
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• Gadsden Museum of Art, Photo: Gadsden Museum of Art
• The Factory, Gadsden, Alabama, Photo: The Factory
• Back Forty Beer Co, Photo: Back Forty Beer Co
• Twin Bridges Golf Club, Gadsden, Alabama, Photo: Twin Bridges Golf Club
• Imagination Place, Gadsden, AL, Photo: Imagination Place
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Alabama has had many 'electronic bingo' parlors which feature slot machines that are or are similar to Class II gaming machines. The legality of these vary from county to county, and are in a near-constant state of flux. In particular, most such parlors were closed through the efforts of an anti-gambling task force put in place by Gov. Bob Riley early in 2010. But in March 2010, the Alabama Supreme Court determined that Riley did not have the authority to convene such a task force, but that power rested with Attorney GeneralTroy King. Shortly after the task force was sidelined, e-bingo parlors reopened in cities which had previously enacted ordinances permitting and regulating such halls. Additionally, Victoryland also reopened after a brief closure. (Greenetrack and the three Poarch Band of Indians gaming facilities did not close.)

At one time, several counties in Alabama featured numerous e-bingo halls, most notably Walker County, with halls large and small mostly concentrated along the former U.S. Highway 78 between Jasper and the Jefferson County line, ranging in size from converted small storefronts to large halls with hundreds of machines. But a ruling in a lawsuit by the Walker County sheriff determined that the machines in the county's halls were illegal, and the halls were forced to close. District attorneys in Jefferson County used that ruling to justify their order of closure for halls in that county. However, several large halls in Fairfield remained open because the city had passed specific ordinances permitting them. Those halls closed during the governor's task force raids in January 2010, but reopened on March 12, 2010 when the task force was invalidated. They again closed briefly in April 2010, as a part of the ongoing controversy over their legality and a dispute over jurisdiction between Riley and King.

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In late May 2010, in yet another legal action in the anti-gambling feud between Riley and King, the Alabama Supreme Court determined that Riley had the ultimate authority to appoint an anti-gambling task force. Riley then announced plans to reactivate the task force, and the district attorney in the Bessemer Cutoff area of Jefferson County (including Fairfield) advised halls there to shut down immediately, or risk having their machines seized. King announced he would no longer interfere with the governor's efforts. Halls began closures on May 24, 2010. Victoryland and Greenetrack remained open for the time being. Poarch Creek operations were not affected, as the state has no jurisdiction over them.

Fairfield legalized large electronic bingo halls in mid-2009, with certain requirements for minimum number of gaming machines. Bamaco Bingo opened in September 2009 with more than 800 machines installed and announced plans for up to 5,000 machines. Two other large e-bingo halls, Bingo Fantastico and World Bingo, later opened adjacent to Bamaco, followed by Legacy Bingo in March 2010. All except Bingo Fantastico occupied empty 'big box' retail stores; Bingo Fantastico replaced a roller skating rink. Three other small bingo halls, including one that shared space with an automotive repair shop, were also located in Fairfield. The city received a permit fee of $100 per machine per month, and bingo was a major tax source for the city.

Bessemer, Alabama had some e-bingo halls in place, but their legality was in question due to a dispute between the city council, which voted to allow the halls, and the mayor, who opposed gambling. Those halls remained closed after the task force invalidation. Other smaller halls were located in cities and unincorporated areas near Bessemer; they also closed later.

Two other large e-bingo halls, Country Crossing in Dothan and White Hall Gaming Center between Selma and Montgomery, were shut down by the task force.

Throughout the controversy, the Poarch Creek band's operations not only continued, they expanded. Facilities in Wetumpka, Atmore and suburban Montgomery added to their gaming floors, and the Wetumpka and Atmore facilities added new high-rise hotels.

In July 2010, after all legal avenues were exhausted, state police and the task force shut down machines at Greenetrack in Eutaw, Alabama, then later at Victoryland. And on October 4, 2010, federal prosecutors filed charges against and arrested Victoryland owner Milton McGregor and several members of the Alabama State Senate in a corruption investigation regarding the entire affair.^[1]

In 2016, after winning a ruling in a federal court against the state, Victoryland reopened its electronic bingo floor on September 14, 2016.^[2]

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1. ^Byerele, Dana (2010-10-04). 'VictoryLand owner, state senators arrested'. The Tuscaloosa News.
2. ^Moon, Josh (September 14, 2016). ''Victoryland reopens to large crowd''. Montgomery Advertiser.

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