Fairfield Inn Dothan
Visit Dothan
Explore the city and enjoy our museums, festivals, sports, and emerging culinary scene. The Dothan Civic Center offers several options for your large convention or your small meeting. It is serviced by a full staff, including light and sound technicians, and has an available concession stand and box office. Dothan is south Alabama's premier sports destination. Our city parks have hosted national events for USTA, USA BMX, and Dixie Youth Baseball and Softball.
Located in the southeast corner of Alabama, Highland Oaks offers 36 holes of championship golf. The Highlands/Magnolia combination was named by Golf Digest's "Places to Play" as one of the nation's Great Value courses. Highland Oaks also offers a pro shop, clubhouse, grill, and membership options.
Robert Trent Jones Highland Oaks Golf Course
Located in the southeast corner of Alabama, Highland Oaks offers three nine-hole championship courses a nine-hole Short Course. The Highlands/Magnolia combination was named by Golf Digest's "Places to Play" as one of the nation's Great Value courses.
This 36-hole complex features some of the longest and most classically designed holes on the Trail and each nine has a different personality.
Dothan National Peanut Festival
November 6-10, 2020
The National Peanut Festival, the nation's largest peanut festival, is held in Dothan, Alabama each fall to honor local peanut farmers and to celebrate the harvest season. Located in the southeast corner of Alabama, Dothan is known as the "Peanut Capital of the World" and is a prime location for growing peanuts. In fact, if you're in Dothan you're in the heart of peanut country, considering the majority of all the peanuts grown in the United States are grown within a 100 mile radius of Dothan.
A festival honoring the peanut was inaugurated on a near freezing Thursday, November 10, 1938. The three day event included a pageant, parade, historical play and grand ball. The guest speaker was Dr. George Washington Carver. Dr. Carver was a modest, unassuming man from the Tuskegee Institute who gained international fame with his development of over 300 products from the peanut.
Dining
Some Of Our Favorite Restaurants
Looking for recommendations of great food and beverage?
Try The Blue Plate, KBC, Metro Diner, Fire Stone Wood Fired Grill, Zack's Family Restaurant, Thai House, Southern Social Table & Tap, Full Moon Bar-B-Que, Taj, and Pig Out.