MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Alabama United States Highway #72 "Alabama/Mississippi State Line to Tennessee/Alabama State Line" Miles ITEM SUMMARY 0.0 Mississippi/Alabama State State Line Road, This is where United States Highway #72 enters Line Alabama from Mississippi, after traversing Alabama west to east, ends at Alabama/Tennessee border, east of Bridgeport, Alabama along Tennessee River. Altitude: 515 feet 1.3 Allsboro Road/Co. Rd 1 Allsboro Road/ County Road 1, Mangerum Road, Community of Malone, Alabama, Altitude: 531 feet 2.6 Asphalt Rock Road : Asphalt Rock Road, Mangerum Annex, Community of Margerum, Mangerum, AL Alabama, Riverton Rose Trail runs along Goose Pond Slough, Buzzard Roost Park, Altitude: 499 feet 4.8 Junction of US #72 Community of Lime Kiln, Alabama. East to Buzzard Roost, Alabama Alabama Route #2 ( Altitude: 449 feet Margerum Road) : Lime Kiln 5.7 Natchez-Trace Access Road Natchez Trace Access Road, Natchez-Trace Parkway, to, Community of Georgetown, Alabama, along the Tennessee River, Natchez-Trace Parkway Colbert Ferry Park, Altitude: 479 feet 6.2 Cedar Lane/Co Rd 7 Cedar Lane / County Road 7, Barton Hall, also known as the Cunningham Plantation, an antebellum plantation house, built in 1840s near present day Cherokee, Alabama, located south of U.S.Route #72 near the former town of Buzzard Roost, Alabama, The house is a declared a National Historic Landmark. Community of Mt. Hester, Alabama, Community of Chisca, Alabama, Altitude: 518 feet 8.1 Main Street : Cherokee, AL Main Street, County Road 21, Cherokee, Alabama, a town in Colbert County, Alabama, Cherokee Public Library, Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard, Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, Barton Hall, Buzzard Roost, Riverton Rose Trail are some of the attractions around Cherokee, Alabama. Altitude: 509 feet 12.6 Mulberry Lane : Mulberry Mulberry Lane, Mulberry Creek, a short tributary of the Tennessee Creek River in northern Alabama, Mississippi Pond, Williams Pond, located along Mulberry Lane. Altitude: 515 feet 13.0 County Road 33: Barton, County Road 33, Community of Barton, Alabama, Community of AL Newsome Springs, Alabama, Altitude: 482 feet 14.6 Red Rock Road : Red Rock, Red Rock Road, Community of Red Rock, Alabama, Altitude: 459 feet AL 17.6 Junction Alabama Highway Junction Alabama Highway #247, Old Memephis Pike, County Road #247 53, Altitude: 476 feet 19.8 Hawk Pride Mountain Road Hawk Pride Mountain Road / Reid Avenue, Colbert County Park, / Reid Avenue Garrets Lake, Community of New Bethel, Alabama, Altitude: 499 feet 21.4 Co Road 47: Cedar Hills County Road 47, Willingham Hill Drive, Community of Cedar Hills Estates, AL Estates, Alabama, Seven Mile Island Wildlife Management Area lies in the middle of the Tennessee River north of here. Altitude: 472 feet 22.9 Co Road 65/Frankfort Road Co Road 65/Frankfort Road, Underwood Mountain Road, Community of Valdosta, Alabama, Buffington Field, Community of Milk Springs, Alabama, Community of Crooked Oak, Alabama, Community of Flatwoods, Alabama, Altitude: 463 feet Page 1/11 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Sep-19 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 23.7 Veterans Boulevard : Youth Veterans Boulevard, Sheffield Youth Park, Tuscumbia, Alabama, a city Park in Colbert County, Alabama, Ivy Green, the name for the childhood home of Helen Keller, Helen Keller Birth Place, located in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The actual well pump where Helen Keller first communicated with Anne Sullivan is located at Ivy Green. Park West. Altitude: 499 feet 24.5 Woodmont Drive: Altitude: 443 feet Tuscumbia, AL 26.2 Intersection State Highway Intersection State Highway #17/20/157, United States Route #43, #17/20/157 Coulbert County Memorial Gardens. U.S.Route #43 spans the Tennessee River across to Florence, Alabama. Altitude: 509 feet 27.8 Old Hwy 20 / Co Road 22 : Old Highway 20/County Road 22, Community of Valley Grove, Valley Grove, AL Alabama, Alcock Pond, Leighton, Alabama, a town in Colbert County, Alabama, Altitude: 509 feet 28.2 State Highway State Highway #133, County Road 57/ 3 Mile Lane, Community of #133/County Road 57 Hobgood, Alabama, Phosphate Development Works, Diamond Park and Golf Course, Florence, Alabama located across Tennessee River, The Shoals (officially the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area) encompasses Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Florence, and Tuscumbia cities, as well as Lauderdale and Colbert counties. University of North Alabama. Community of Spring Valley, Alabama, located south on County Road 57. Altitude: 505 feet 30.6 State Highway #157: State Highway #157, Community of Whiteoak, Alabama, A Historical Whiteoak, AL Marker noting the site of the La Grange College, a former college that was burned in 1863, located along State Highway #157, on LaGrange College Road, La Grange College Site Park, Altitude: 554 feet 34.4 County Line Road : County Line Road, Leighton, Alabama, a town in Colbert County, Leighton, AL Alabama, Leighton Public Library, Community of Ford City, Alabama, Alabama Shores, Wilson Lake, Altitude: 568 feet 38.7 Co Rd 22: Section, AL County Road 22, Old Highway #20, A Loop on U.S.Route #72, Community of Section, Alabama, Burney Pond, Nichols Pond, Brush Pond, Altitude: 545 feet 41.4 Junction of Alabama Route Community of Town Creek, Alabama Altitude: 561 feet #101/Main Street - Town Creek 43.9 County Road 585 : Rigdom, County Road 585, Lockheed Martin Way, to, Lawrence County Airport, AL Community of Rigdom, Alabama, Community of Terry Town, Alabama, Community of Loosier, Alabama, Altitude: 600 feet 44.5 Jefferson Street : Rocky Jefferson Street, Community of Rocky Hill, Alabama, Sanderson Lane, Hill, AL to Lawrence County Airport, Lawrence County Airport, a public use airport in Lawrence County, Alabama, located northeast of Courtland, Alabama. Courtland, Alabama, a town in Lawrence County, Alabama, Altitude: 584 feet 47.0 Co Rd 150: North County Road 150, North Courtland, Alabama, a town in Lawrence Courtland, AL County, Alabama, Courtland, Alabama, a town in Lawrence County, Alabama, The John McMahon House, a Federal style mansion located in Courtland, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Community of Red Bank, Alabama, located on the southern shore of Wheeler Lake, on Tennessee River. Altitude: 571 feet Page 2/11 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Sep-19 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 48.0 County Road 389 : Ponds County Road 389, County Road 388, Sykes Pond, Cottonwood Pond, Swoope Pond, Round Pond, Lawrence County Park, Prairie Lake lies along United States Route #72 just east of North Courtland, Alabama, Altitude: 564 feet 49.0 Junction State Highway #33 Junction State Highway #33, Community of Terry Heights, Alabama, Community of Letson Settlement, Alabama, Community of Longtown, Alabama, Altitude: 574 feet 51.2 County Road 377 : County Road 377, Wheeler, Alabama, a former community in Lawrence Wheeler, AL County, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Joseph Wheeler Plantation, commonly known as Pond Spring or the General Joe Wheeler Home, a historic plantation complex and historic district in the Tennessee River Valley in Wheeler, Alabama. Bride's Hill, known also as Sunnybrook, a historic house near Wheeler, Alabama, one of the state's earliest surviving and most significant, examples of the so-called "Tidewater-type" dwelling. Altitude: 597 feet 53.4 Lovettville, AL Community of Lovettville, Alabama, located on United States Highway #72, Altitude: 594 feet 54.7 County Road 217/Main County Road 217/Main Street, Hillsboro, Alabama, a town in Lawrence Street County, Alabama, Hillsboro City Hall, Community of Chaybeate Springs, Alabama, Pittsburg, Alabama, a community in Lawrence County, Alabama, Russians make up a majority of the population in Pittsburg, Alabama. Altitude: 594 feet 55.9 County Road 400/Mallard County Road 400/Mallard Cr Road, Community of Reynolds, Alabama, Cr Road Community of Flower Hill, Alabama, Mallard Fox Creek Wildlife Management Area, Community of Lakeview, Alabama, Altitude: 587 feet 57.0 Co Rd 434 : Midway, AL County Road 434, Community of Midway, Alabama, Community of Five Points, Alabama, Oakville, Alabama, a small community located in Lawrence County, Alabama, a Park with a Museum dedicated to Jesse Owens, the great Olympic athlete and another Park Oakville Indian Mounds Park and Museum, is dedicated to the preservation of the large Indian Mounds left in the area by the prehistoric Copena Indians, located here in Oakville, Alabama. Community of Fish Pond, Alabama, located just off U.S.Route #72. Altitude: 581 feet 60.8 N Seneca Drive : Trinity, N Seneca Drive, Trinity, Alabama, a town in Morgan County, Alabama, AL Altitude: 617 feet 64.2 Junction State Highway #67 Junction Chemstrand Avenue, State Highway #67/Beltline Road, Decatur General Hospital-West, Parkway Medical Center, Beltline Mall Shopping Center, Westmead Plaza Shopping Center, Beltline Plaza Shopping Center, Jack Allen Soccer Complex, English Pond, Moulton Heights, Alabama, a suburb of Decatur in Morgan County, Alabama, Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Community of Russel Village, a suburb of Decatur, Alabama, Morgan Lake Park, Altitude: 574 feet 67.6 Junction of United States Community of Decatur, Alabama. Altitude: 581 feet Highway #31/6th Avenue NE:- Decatur, AL Page 3/11 PDF Document Generated on 2021-Sep-19 Copyright 2021, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 69.2 U.S.Route #31/State Hwy U.S.Route