Ghost Trail
Located in Dallas, Perry, Wilcox County | What you’ll find: Arts & Culture | TripsThe Ghosts of the Black Belt: visit any town in Alabama and you will most likely hear a local ghost story. You will hear stories of civil war soldiers, haunted riverboats, spectral visitors at university campuses and many tales of apparitions that either met an early or unwarranted death. Learn more about our ghost stories and watch video interviews and tales.
Hamilton Hills Lodge
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Outdoor RecreationJ.C. Bates Children’s Educational Museum
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: MuseumThis museum provides an educational experience for children with disabilities. The museum is a project of the Selma Disabilities Advocacy Program, a non-profit organization in Alabama.
Kenan’s Mill
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Historical | Outdoor RecreationKenan’s Mill was built in the mid 1800′s and produced water-ground meal, grits, and corn for over 100 years. Kenan’s Mill was built and owned by the Kenan family until Elizabeth Kenan Buchanan donated it to the Historic Society in 1997. Restoration is …
Live Oak Cemetery
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Birding | Historical | Outdoor RecreationLive Oak Cemetery in Selma is a stunning image of the old South- antebellum mausoleums and grave sites framed by row upon row of massive live oaks, all draped in Spanish moss. The mature hardwoods are spaced in such a way as to provide excellent sight- …
National Voting Rights Museum of Selma
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Historical | MuseumOur mission is to be a Museum and Institute that chronicles and preserves the historic journey for the right to vote that began when the Founding Fathers first planted the seeds of democracy in 1776.
Old Cahawba
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Archeological | Historical | Outdoor RecreationCahawba was once Alabama’s state capital (1820-1826) and a thriving antebellum river town. It became a ghost town shortly after the Civil War. Today it is an important archaeological site and a place of picturesque ruins As early as 4,000 years ago Ind …
Old Cahawba Prairie Preserve
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Archeological | Birding | Historical | Outdoor RecreationThe Old Cahawba Prairie Preserve is a 3,000-acre tract of remnant blackland prairie, one of the remaining half dozen such areas in the entire Black Belt. The western portion of the parcel is almost five square miles of predominately native grassland, …
Old Selma Depot Museum
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Historical | MuseumThe museum features an 1891 railway depot from the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama.
Oyster Ridge
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Birding | Outdoor Recreation | TripsOyster Ridge offers 1,600 acres of outdoor paradise located in the heart of the Black Belt. Today, there are 1,300 acres of loblolly and longleaf pine trees. The rest of the acreage is for foodplots for deer and grain fields for dove, turkey, and quail …
Paul M Grist State Park
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Birding | Camping | Outdoor RecreationPaul M Grist State Park encompasses 1,080 acres of mature pine-oak forest with a healthy understory of shrubs and some native grasses. Here you can see Northern Parulas, Yellow-throated, Hooded, Kentucky, Pine, a few Black-and-white Warblers and some …
Riverfront Park
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Outdoor RecreationRiverfront is a twelve-acre park featuring a concrete path, timber bridge and two overlooks to the Alabama River. The park represents the first phase of the city’s Riverfront Development plan.
Riverside Park
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Outdoor RecreationMost known as being home to the Annual Battle of Selma Re-enactment in which actors portray the 1865 Battle of Selma. The park also features a covered bridge leading to Bloch Park.
Selma and Dallas County Public Library
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Selma Art Guild Gallery
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Arts & CultureThe Selma Art Guild Gallery features artwork by local artists each month.
Selma City Hall
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Selma City Marina
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Outdoor RecreationTourists and residents can enjoy boating, fishing, and visiting The Sand Bar, a popular restaurant at the Marina.
Selma Flea Market & Lakeside R.V. Park
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Camping | ShoppingThe Selma Flea Market opened in 1986, and is now a clean, well-managed, friendly and family-owned market that has grown tremendously. The market attracts an average of 300 – 400 dealers weekly in sheltered and outdoor spaces. For info & reservation …
Selma Interpretative Center
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Arts & Culture | Historical | Museum(Welcome Center to the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail) The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was established by Congress in 1996, to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama. The March …
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Located in Dallas County | What you’ll find: Historical | Outdoor RecreationFrom beginning to end, the Selma to Montgomery March Byway is filled with civil rights history. Home to one of the most significant events in the American struggle for equality, this 54-mile stretch of highway marks the journey that led to equal voting rights for American citizens, regardless of race.
