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Ten miles north of Montgomery, Wetumpka offers small town living with big city access. Home to antique and craft shops as well as events such as the Coosa River Whitewater Festival, Christmas on the Coosa and was brought to the big screen with the filming of "Big Fish". Abundant with outdoor activities such as Mountain Biking on the Swayback Trail, kayaking down the Coosa or enjoying a bit of fishing or skiing on Lake Jordan (pronounced Jurdan) or Lake Martin. Wetumpka also plays host to several other special events throughout the year including Riverfest, Stars and Stripes Classic Car Cruise, the Coosa River Challenge Adventure Race and the Attack on Swayback mountain bike race. 'Bibb Graves Bridge' Wetumpka's beautiful focal point is one of only two suspended concrete reinforced bridges in the state of Alabama. It is the fourth bridge to span the Coosa at Wetumpka, the fate of the first was unknown, the second was a covered bridge that was washed away in the "Great Flood of 1866", and the third was an iron bridge that was replaced by the current one in 1931. To read the complete story see the History of Wetumpka's Bridges Fort Toulouse Historic Park Experience living history exhibits focusing on the French Colonial Marines of 1756 as well as the Tennessee Militia of 1814. Experience the annual Alabama Frontier Days extravaganza with live battle reenactments, authentic cuisine of the 1800s, and hand-made Native American crafts. Wetumpka's Impact Crater The phrase Stars fell on Alabama' refers to a meteor shower seen across Alabama on November 12-13, 1833, but Wetumpka had its own cosmic event over 80 million years ago known as an Astrobleme or "star-wound". The impact of a meteorite around 1,100 feet in diameter traveling at nearly 20 miles per second causing winds in excess of 500 miles per hour, left a crater about 4 miles wide adjacent to where Wetumpka is now located. [ more details ]

Wetumpka Features Wetumpka Photo Gallery Wetumpka Map Collections Wetumpka History Wetumpka Custom Products Wetumpka Links • Chamber of Commerce • Official City Website • Fort Toulouse Park • Magnolia Cottage Restaurant • Trail of Legends Association • The Links (Horse boarding) • Elmore County Tourism Council • BamaTrails.com Trails listing .....more area links

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