Alabama’s lush landscape offers visitors options ranging from hiking through the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain, simulating their own spaceship moon landing in Huntsville, exploring the big city in Montgomery or Birmingham, or relaxing on the Orange Beach in Gulf Shores and Mobile.

Destinations are aplenty in this southern state. The Oak Mountain State Park is Alabama’s largest state park stretching 9,940 acres in central Alabama. The park offers beaches for swimming, boat rentals for fishing and playing on the lake, golf courses for golfers, trails for hiking, and cabins and camping facilities for those looking to stay. In Huntsville in the northern part of the state Guests will find the EarlyWorks Children’s Museum where kids can explore through hands-on activities, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center featuring hundreds of planes and rockets, and the Harmony Park Safari gives families an up close look of free-range exotic and endangered animals including zebras, camels, ostriches, buffalos and more on a trip through an amazing outdoor landscape.

A trip to the southern coast will spark fun and relaxation in Mobile where visitors can cruise along the coast, relax at a spa or resort, shop in unique shops throughout small towns, or sail on the ocean. Visitors can also dine along the ocean enjoying breathtaking scenery and wonderful food.

The bustling cities of Montgomery, the capital, and Birmingham offer fun for the kids and the parents through museums, art attractions, daytime tours, historical sites, and romantic nighttime destinations. They are the largest cities in the state.

Other notable destinations include the city of Dothan, the proclaimed “Peanut Capital of the World” in the southeast corner of Alabama and Gadsden northeast of Birmingham, a town that offers great outdoor fun and possibilities for great memories.