Elko

Elko is a hamlet in Madison, Alabama. Elko is situated nearby to the hamlet Sherwood Park, as well as near the neighborhood Redstone Gateway.

Places of Interest

Highlights include U.S. Space & Rocket Center and Saturn V Launch Vehicle.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Museum

Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program.

Saturn V Launch Vehicle

Building

Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.

Saturn V Launch Vehicle is a building.

Huntsville Botanical Garden

Park

Photo: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Huntsville Botanical Garden is a 118 acres botanical garden located at 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama, near the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Huntsville Botanical Garden is situated 2 miles east of Elko.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madison and Huntsville.

Madison is a city located primarily in Madison County, near the northern border of the U.S. state of Alabama. Madison extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Madison is situated 4½ miles west of Elko.

Huntsville

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Huntsville is in northern Alabama, about 20 miles from the border with Tennessee. The city is a center for missile defense and aerospace technologies, with companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman having major operations here.

Elko

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Madison, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.70926° or 34° 42′ 33″ north

Longitude

-86.67111° or 86° 40′ 16″ west

Elevation

673 feet (205 metres)

Open location code

866MP85H+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153483676

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4060468

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