NPS Sites Near Birmingham
Five National Park Service units operate within 150 miles of Birmingham. Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, located 71 miles away, commemorates an 1814 battle and draws approximately 50,738 annual visits. Little River Canyon National Preserve, 93.5 miles distant, is the most visited regional site with 781,518 annual recreation visits. Two additional sites cluster near Tuskegee: the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site receives roughly 25,041 visits yearly, while the adjacent Tuskegee Institute unit records about 8,659 annual visits.
The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, spanning 82.5 miles from Birmingham, traces the 1965 voting rights march route. The National Park Service publishes no total annual visitation figure for this trail unit. Together, these sites represent significant locations of American military, aviation, and civil rights history accessible by car from Birmingham.
| NPS unit | Annual visits |
|---|---|
| Horseshoe Bend National Military Park · 71.1 mi | 50,738 (2025) |
| Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail · 82.5 mi | n/a |
| Little River Canyon National Preserve · 93.5 mi | 781,518 (2025) |
| Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site · 95.8 mi | 25,041 (2025) |
| Tuskegee Institute NPS Unit · 95.9 mi | 8,659 (2025) |
| Russell Cave National Monument · 119.1 mi | 7,821 (2025) |
| Tupelo National Battlefield · 123.2 mi | 614 (1983) |
| Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site · 131.3 mi | 2,035 (1983) |
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Nearby-NPS units and their annual recreation visits are from the NPS Visitor Use Statistics package (haversine match within 150 mi of the city centroid), verified June 2026. Null visitation renders as “n/a”, never 0. How we compile this.