This list provides all of my favorite places, activities, and locations to go to on the weekend, during the week, or on a rainy day in the Auburn/Opelika area!
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Outdoor Activities
Restaurants
Coffee shops
Arts & Entertainment
Outdoor Activities
Nice and pretty easy hiking trails. There are trails to a waterfall that is really pretty to go and see!
Chewacla State Park
Depending on the time of year, there are great public and free events that are family oriented at Kiesel Park. There are also great sitting spots to look at nature and ponds with fish and turtles to see!
Kiesel Park
I love this place so much. It has a nursery, coffee shop, lunch area, dining in the botanical greenhouse and much more to experience
Botanic
This sportsplex offers MANY pickleball courts that under cover but still open to the environment!
Opelika Sportsplex & Aquatics
This arboretum has wonderful flowers, trees, places to sit, and nature to look at. Great for a relaxing stroll in the park.
Donald E. Davis Arboretum
Restaurants
This hotel in Auburn offers a beautiful scenic view of downtown Auburn on the rooftop!
Walt's On The Roof
This is such a cool place in Auburn to eat! At the top of the graduate hotel, you can see a beautiful view and eat and drink REALLY yummy foods and drinks!
War Eagle Supper Club
A wonderful Italian restaurant for date nights, graduation dinners, or any special occasion. The food is wonderful!
Ariccia Cucina Italiana
This rooftop restaurant is exquisite with its twist on Italian food and fine dining meals. If you want to try something new and different in the Auburn area, go try out Olivine
Olivine
You don’t want to miss out on eating at this Irish Bred Pub in Opelika. It has yummy food and great drinks! A cool atmosphere as well.
Irish Bred Pub
Coffee shops
Well Red is a great coffee shop with great books to read!
Well Red
If you like a coffee shop that feels like a home with a cat to cuddle up with. This is your place! Ross house has great coffee and pastries!!!
Ross House Coffee - Auburn
I really like the coffee and in-house bagels made at The Coffee Shop in downtown Opelika. Give it a try if you like coffee and bagels!
The Coffee Shop
Arts & Entertainment
A gorgeous art museum! This museum also provides a walking path around the museum that gives beautiful views of sculptures and other pieces of art around the outside of the museum.
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University
Check out if the Gogue Performing Arts Center has any shows they are playing or performing. Lots of awesome concerts and shows have come to the Gogue that are not worth missing!
Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University
If you enjoy collecting records, this record store in Opelika is a great place to visit!
