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Big Spring Park

Visit the lagoon with ducks and fish, it is part of Indian Creek Canal, formerly used to transport cotton. Huntsville was settled in 1805 by John Hunt near this limestone spring.
200 Church Street Northwest Huntsville, AL 35801
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256-883-3754
Open daily dawn-dusk
Wheelchair Accessible
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Open daily dawn-dusk
256-883-3754

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  • 200 Church Street Northwest
  • Huntsville, AL 35801
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