University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL · Public university
17 minwalk to the closest stay
2stays inside a 20-min walk
16stays inside a 10-min drive
Campus visits, state by state
Hotels near colleges in Alabama
13 campuses327 places to stay measured
13campusesin AL
Photo: RhYno12, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Shows Tuscaloosa; cropped.
By the numbers
13 schools in Alabama are on this site, with 327 places to stay measured around them. At 6 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 11 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at Auburn University. For 1 of them the tour meeting place comes straight from the school's own visit page.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
Every school we cover in Alabama
13 schools in Alabama, in A to Z order
Alabama A & M University
Normal, AL · Public university
19 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk2stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay14stays inside a 20-min walk32stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay15stays inside a 20-min walk35stays inside a 10-min driveAuburn University
Auburn, AL · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay10stays inside a 20-min walk28stays inside a 10-min driveAuburn University at Montgomery
Montgomery, AL · Public university
19 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk36stays inside a 10-min driveJacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL · Public university
9 mindrive to the closest stay1stay inside a 10-min driveUniversity of North Alabama
Florence, AL · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveOakwood University
Huntsville, AL · Liberal arts college
13 minwalk to the closest stay9stays inside a 20-min walk35stays inside a 10-min driveSamford University
Birmingham, AL · Private university
4 minwalk to the closest stay3stays inside a 20-min walk26stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of South Alabama
Mobile, AL · Public university
2 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk2stays inside a 10-min driveTroy University
Troy, AL · Public university
20 minwalk to the closest stay2stays inside a 20-min walk7stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of West Alabama
Livingston, AL · Public university
9 mindrive to the closest stay1stay inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in Alabama do you cover?
13 four-year schools in Alabama: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in Alabama?
At 11 of the 13, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
For 2 of these schools we've read the commencement venue on the school's own page and show it. Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 13 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.