Local gems worth getting to know.
Roanoke is a town that doesn't need to advertise itself. You won't find it plastered across Alabama tourism websites, and that's the honest reality. I've lived here long enough to know that the best
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park sits about 50 miles south of Roanoke, a straight shot down AL-9 and AL-49 that takes roughly 90 minutes depending on traffic through Wedowee and Dadeville. It's
Roanoke isn't trying to be something it isn't. It's a small town in Randolph County with roughly 6,000 people, situated in rolling landscape between the Talladega foothills and the flat farmland
Roanoke is a small town in Randolph County where people eat at the same places their parents did, and that's not nostalgia—it's because those places are still good. The dining scene here isn't trying
Roanoke sits in the upper Talladega Valley where the Coosa River runs north toward the Etowah. The rolling terrain, spring lines, and ridge patterns you see today are identical to what the Muscogee
Roanoke is a small town in Randolph County with a population under 6,000, which means the event calendar reads differently than what you'd find in Birmingham or Montgomery. There are no year-round