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The Monte Sano State Park near Huntsville, Alabama is overall an excellent park for a day trip meant for enjoying nature.
The park offers a variety of trails for biking, walking, and hiking, as well as several camping options. Along with the outdoor recreation activities available, the Monte Sano State Park is also home to the Von Braun Planetarium, the brainchild of Wernher von Braun, a famous rocket scientist who helped the United States with the first moon landing.
Visitors can watch shows and tour the planetarium on Saturday nights and presentations are sometimes given by NASA astronauts.
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