Natural Bridge Park, near the town of Natural Bridge, Alabama, is a privately owned park in Winston County that has been open since 1954.[1][2][3] The current owners are Donnie and Naomi Lowman.[4]
The Park's primary attraction is a natural-arch rock formation that is 60 feet (18 m) high, 148 feet (45 m) long, and composed of sandstone and iron ore.[1][2][5] The bridge is purported to be the longest natural arch east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A two-mile nature trail guides visitors beneath the arch and past nearby rock formations.[6] Walking across the bridge itself is not permitted, due to safety concerns.
The Park includes picnic accommodations, an artesian well that supplies drinking fountains, a gift shop featuring hand-crafted items, 27 varieties of fern, and a stand of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)—a species that dates back to the Pleistocene epoch (approximately 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago).[3]
Downhill from the arch is an outcropping of rock resembling a Native American head in right profile, similar to that of an old U.S. "Indian head" nickel. The stone formation is just over 15 feet (4.6 m) high.
Indian head nickel.
Stone formation.
As of 2024, the park is open from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm seven days a week and admission is $10.00 for adults.[4]
^ ab
Alisa Beckwith, "Natural Bridge History", "Small-Town Pride in Natural Bridge", from The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 10, 2002, webpage: geocities-NatBridge.
^ abEttractions.com, "Natural Bridge of Alabama", 2008.
^ ab"Natural Bridge Park". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
^ ab"Natural Bridge Park Saved". Northwest Alabamian. 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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Indian head nickel.
Stone formation.
