Crater center opens in downtown Wetumpka

Cliff Williams / TPI The new Wetumpka Impact Discovery and Visitor Center on Company Street in downtown Wetumpka is now open. The center features paintings, videos and volunteers with information about the marine impact crater in the area.

A dream has come true for the Wetumpka Impact Crater Commission.

A visitor center has opened on Company Street to educate the public on one of the world’s best preserved marine impact craters. The center has been in the works for years, and volunteers have diligently told the crater’s story through lectures, tours and art work. Now, much of the information is in one place — the Wetumpka Impact Crater Discovery and Visitor Center.