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Located on the banks of beautiful Weiss Lake, Leesburg
Resort has an abundance of activities for the sportsman, those interested
in history, sightseers, nature and wildlife enthusiasts, and guests
just wanting a relaxing vacation. Nearby Noccalula Falls Park, near
Gadsden, is where creek waters plummet 95 feet from a limestone
ledge. It is also the site of the legend of the Indian princess
who, after her lovers death, hurled herself from the heights
into the river below. Other features of the park include a covered
bridge, War Memorial and Museum, pioneer village of split-log buildings,
a botanical garden, and nature and hiking trails.
If you need a reason to get off the interstate and
onto some of the smaller highways, bargain hunters will want to
attend the Worlds Longest Yard Sale, held the third weekend
in August in year. The sale begins at Noccalula Falls Park and continues
north all the way to Cincinnati, Ohio. Vendors booths lined
up along the road offer treasures like antiques, arts and crafts,
quilts, pots and pans, and china.
Shoppers will enjoy the Boaz Shoppers Paradise year-round,
where there are over 140 stores featuring off-price and discount
sales.
Fort Payne, to the north, has interesting geological
formations and Indian history. In the late 19th-century, the town
was formed around the stockade which held the Cherokees before they
were forced westward on the Trail of Tears. Beautiful scenery abounds
in one of the deepest canyons east of the Mississippi, 600-foot
Little River Canyon, in the DeSoto State Park near Fort Payne. The
Lookout Mountain range runs through the park and the Lookout Mountain
Trail follows the rim for 20 miles. DeSoto Falls and hiking and
nature trails are also a part of the park. |