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Birmingham and its surrounding area. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Birmingham, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Location of Jefferson County in Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an ...
Red Mountain Park is a 1,500-acre public urban park that encloses a 4.5-mile-long section of Red Mountain, a prominent ridge that passes through Birmingham, Alabama. [ citation needed ] The woodland park contains closed mines and other artifacts of the city's industrial history .
The Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District, in Jefferson County, Alabama, including parts of Birmingham and Mountain Brook, is a 333 acres (135 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included 392 contributing buildings and three contributing structures. [1]
Oak Mountain State Park is a public recreation area located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Birmingham in the northeast quadrant of the city of Pelham, Alabama, United States. It is the state's largest state park at 9,940 acres (4,020 ha) and is home to the Alabama Wildlife Center , Oak Mountain Interpretive Center, and Oak Mountain BMX ...
The Avondale Park Historic District in Birmingham, Alabama, United States is a 200 acres (81 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] It is in the Avondale section of the city. It includes work dating to 1886 and work by Burnhum & Greer.
In 1969 the University of Alabama at Birmingham was established, one of three main campuses of the University of Alabama System. Birmingham is also home to two private institutions: Samford University and Miles College. Birmingham was also home to Birmingham-Southern College, before its closure in 2024.
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve is a 1,038 acres (4.20 km 2) nature preserve located in the eastern portion of Jefferson County, Alabama, in the City of Birmingham's historic South East Lake neighborhood. The preserve includes a visitor center containing native Alabama animals including raptors, snakes, turtles, and owls.