Tuscumbia

The Colbert county courthouse

Tuscumbia is a small town in northwest Alabama near Wheeler Lake and Wilson Lakes, best known as the birthplace of the famous deaf-blind activist and author, Helen Keller.

See

• 1 Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 617 US-72 W, ☏ +1 256-381-4417, fax: +1 256-381-1031, info@alamhof.org.  
• 2 Moon Tree. A loblolly pine whose seed went around the moon in Apollo 14 on its 1971 mission.  
• 3 Ivy Green (Helen Keller Birthplace), 300 N Commons St W. House museum and childhood home of Helen Keller.  
• 4 Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 N Water St, ☏ +1-256-383-0533, tvaa@tennesseevalleyarts.org. (updated Oct 2020)

Do

• 1 Spring Park. (updated Oct 2020)

Sleep

• Comfort Inn & Suites Tuscumbia-Muscle Shoals, 5101 Highway 43 South, ☏ +1 256-248-0850. Outdoor pool. $76 (Dec 2021). 
• Best Western Plus Tuscumbia/Muscle Shoals Hotel & Suites, 1934 State Hwy 20, ☏ +1 256-386-9889. Indoor pool. $76 (Dec 2021). 

Connect

• 1 Helen Keller Public Library, 511 N Main St, ☏ +1-256-383-7065. M-F noon-4PM. (updated Oct 2020)

Go next

Routes through Tuscumbia

Corinth ← Iuka ← Jct N S ←

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→ Florence → Huntsville