Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama)

Big Spring
Big Spring Park
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama) is located in Huntsville, Alabama
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama)
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama) is located in Alabama
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama)
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama) is located in the United States
Big Spring Park (Huntsville, Alabama)
LocationW. Side Sq., Huntsville, Alabama
Coordinates34°43′47″N 86°35′9″W / 34.72972°N 86.58583°W / 34.72972; -86.58583
Area12.5 acres (5.1 ha) (park)
MPSDowntown Huntsville MRA
NRHP reference No.80000704[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1980

Big Spring International Park (also known as Big Spring Park) is a large park located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. The park was built around its namesake "Big Spring", the original water source that the city of Huntsville was built around. The Huntsville Museum of Art and Von Braun Center are located in the park. The park is also notable as the venue for the Panoply Arts Festival, held the last full weekend in April, Big Spring Jam, an annual music festival held on the fourth weekend in September from 1993 to 2011, and The Battle of the Buffalo, a buffalo wings competition held by the University of Alabama in Huntsville Alpha Tau Omega fraternity to support cancer research.[2][3]

Big Spring Park is the expected trail head of the future Singing River Trail of North Alabama.[4] A 70-mile bicycling and walking trail, it will connect Huntsville to Madison, Decatur, and Athens with an extended path along the Tennessee River.[5][6]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sallee, pp. 22.
  3. ^ Cure
  4. ^ "Singing River Trail Master Plan" (PDF). July 1, 2019. p. 29. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Singleterry, Sarah (February 5, 2019). "Singing River Trail gets positive community feedback". WAAY 31. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Ballard, Kimberly (December 31, 2019). "Singing River Trail a Merger of Native American History and Smart Technology". Huntsville Business Journal. Retrieved July 22, 2020.