Morgan County, Alabama
Decatur is a city in Morgan County, Alabama (population 57,974, 2024 census figure).
Decatur sits about 44 mi (straight line) from Lewis Smith Dam; drive times vary with the route you take around the lake.
4 recreation & attractions in Decatur are listed. Hours, phone numbers and websites come from the businesses and the directory's recorded sources.
Recreation & Attractions · Decatur
Free-admission visual arts center with rotating exhibits, workshops, youth programs including a summer camp, memberships and venue rentals. Its next exhibition, a rag-rug weaving show, opens October 27, 2026.
Closed · Opens tomorrow 10:00 AM(256) 341-0562 carnegiearts.org
Recreation & Attractions · Decatur
Downtown natural-science museum with live animal and interactive exhibits, classrooms and field-trip programs, an event venue, a museum store and the Nature's Table cafe, which is open without an admission ticket. Executive director Scott Mayo.
(256) 351-4505 cookmuseum.org
Recreation & Attractions · Decatur
City of Decatur park with a seasonal water park (wave pool, lazy river, slides, cabanas), an 18-hole championship golf course and driving range, a 217-site full-hookup campground open year-round, an event center, pavilion, amphitheater and chapel. The 2026 water-park season opens May 23.
(256) 341-4900 pointmallardpark.com
Recreation & Attractions · Decatur
Nonprofit performing-arts venue in a National Register-listed downtown theater, presenting concerts, holiday shows and films, with education programs, a merchandise store and venue rentals. Hours shown are box-office hours.
Closed · Opens tomorrow 9:00 AM(256) 350-1745 princesstheatre.org
