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Monte Sano Nature Preserve is, at 1,107 acres (448 ha), one of the largest urban nature preserves in the US and is located on Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. The Land Trust of North Alabama manages the nature preserve and Land Trust volunteers have created 23+ miles of public trails.
A railway line built to carry patients up the mountain ran from 1888 to 1896 before going bankrupt. Remnants of the line may be seen in the adjoining Monte Sano Nature Preserve operated by the Land Trust of North Alabama. The development of vaccines and treatments ended the era of health trips to the mountain. [4]
Monte Sano Mountain is a mountain located in Huntsville, Alabama. The name Monte Sano is Spanish for "Mountain of health". [ 2 ] The mountain was given its name by Dr. Thomas Fern, who along with his two brothers, founded a small colony on the mountain during an epidemic of yellow fever, malaria, and cholera.
This list of Alabama state parks covers state parks in the Alabama park system. As of 2023, there were 21 official Alabama state parks run in part or exclusively by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources [ 1 ] and three historic state parks run by other authorities.
Monte Sano State Park offers over 14 miles (23 km) of hiking trails [13] Monte Sano Nature Preserve , the green backdrop for the city of Huntsville, offers 1,107 acres and 23+ miles of public trails. Singing River Trail of North Alabama is a future 70-mile bicycling and walking trail that will connect Huntsville to multiple nearby cities.
Meaher State Park; Mobile, Alabama; Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational; Monte Sano Mountain; Monte Sano State Park; Montgomery, Alabama; Montgomery Regional Airport; Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge; Neely Henry Lake; Northwest Alabama Regional Airport; Oak Mountain State Park; Paul M. Grist State Park; Pickwick Lake; Plainsman Park; R ...
Removed when the state park it served fell out of use K-98: 9.048: 14.561 K-23 north of Meade: US-54 in Fowler: 1956: current Formerly designated as K-56 K-98 — — Meade State Park southwest of Meade: K-23 south of Meade 1939: 1961 Became a portion of K-23 K-99: 234.473: 377.348 SH-99 at the Oklahoma state line south of Chautauqua
Monte Sano may refer to: Monte Sano Mountain, Monte Sano State Park, and Monte Sano Nature Preserve, all in Huntsville, Alabama, USA; Monte Sano (6500 BCE), Early Archaic period mound complex in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Monte-Sano & Pruzan, an American fashion house founded by Vincent Monte-Sano senior, originally called Monte-Sano.