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This list covers 74 public places in 29 towns around Birmingham: parks, beaches, boat ramps, trails, dog parks, libraries, pools, museums, farmers markets, rainy-day spots and courts. Every row links to the place's official site and shows the day it was last checked.

Hours and fees change during the year, so they are left off this page. The official site has the current ones.

Map of Alabama with Jefferson County, Shelby County, St. Clair County, Walker County, Blount County, Chilton County and Bibb County highlighted, with 74 small dots marking the places listed below.Jefferson CountyShelby CountySt. Clair CountyWalker CountyBlount CountyChilton CountyBibb CountyAldridge GardensAvondale ParkBig Canoe Creek Nature PreserveBirmingham Botanical GardensBirmingham ZooBlack Creek ParkBrierfield Ironworks Historical State ParkCahaba Lily ParkCahaba River National Wildlife RefugeCahaba River Wildlife Management AreaClanton City ParkHomewood Central ParkKelly Ingram ParkMinooka ParkMoss Rock PreserveNorth Jasper ParkOak Mountain State ParkOrr ParkPalisades ParkRailroad ParkRed Mountain ParkRickwood Caverns State ParkRuffner Mountain Nature PreserveTrussville Civitan ParkTurkey Creek Nature PreserveVeterans ParkWald ParkDouble Oak Lake BeachCanoe Creek Park Boat LaunchLay Dam Boat RampLay Lake Access at the NarrowsDunnavant Valley GreenwayGrace's Gap Side TrailHomewood Preserve TrailJemison ParkMoss Rock Preserve Orange TrailPeavine Falls TrailPossum Loop Trail at Ruffner MountainPowder Mill Trailhead, Five Mile Creek GreenwayQuarry Trail at Ruffner MountainTreetop Nature TrailVulcan TrailHoover Dog Park at Loch Haven ParkRemy's Dog Park at Red Mountain ParkBirmingham Public Library, CentralHomewood Public LibraryHoover Public LibraryO'Neal LibraryAlabama Adventure and Splash AdventureHomewood Central Pool16th Street Baptist ChurchA.G. Gaston MotelAlabama Sports Hall of Fame MuseumArlington Antebellum Home and GardensBankhead House and Heritage CenterBarber Vintage Motorsports MuseumBessemer Hall of HistoryBirmingham Civil Rights InstituteBirmingham Museum of ArtConfederate Memorial ParkHeart of Dixie Railroad MuseumHistoric Bethel Baptist Church of CollegevilleMcWane Science CenterRickwood FieldShelby County Museum and ArchivesSloss Furnaces National Historic LandmarkSouthern Museum of FlightVulcan Park and MuseumThe Market at Pepper PlaceAlabama TheatreBoutwell AuditoriumGeorge Ward ParkVeterans ParkWest Homewood Park
  • Parks
  • Beaches
  • Boat ramps
  • Trails
  • Dog parks
  • Libraries
  • Pools
  • Museums
  • Farmers markets
  • Rainy-day spots
  • Courts
Jefferson County, Shelby County, St. Clair County, Walker County, Blount County, Chilton County and Bibb County, Alabama. Map drawn from U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries (public domain).

All 74 places

Parks

  • Park · Hoover

    Aldridge Gardens

    Aldridge Gardens covers 30 acres around a lake, and its signature plant is the snowflake hydrangea propagated by nurseryman Eddie Aldridge.

    Outdoors

    3530 Lorna Rd, Hoover, AL 35216

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Avondale Park

    Avondale Park covers about 36.5 acres around a spring fed grotto and holds a rose garden and a WPA era amphitheater.

    Outdoors

    4101 5th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222

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  • Park · Springville

    Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve

    Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve opened in February 2024 with 422 Forever Wild acres and 7.3 miles of hiking, biking and horse trails.

    Outdoors

    1700 Murphrees Valley Rd, Springville, AL

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Birmingham Botanical Gardens

    The Birmingham Botanical Gardens hold 67.5 acres with more than 25 gardens, over 12,000 kinds of plants and several miles of walking paths.

    Outdoors · Free

    2612 Lane Park Rd, Birmingham, AL 35223

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Birmingham Zoo

    The Birmingham Zoo covers 122 acres on the side of Red Mountain and holds about 700 animals of 230 species.

    Outdoors

    2630 Cahaba Rd, Birmingham, AL 35223

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  • Park · Fultondale

    Black Creek Park

    Black Creek Park in Fultondale is a trailhead of the Five Mile Creek Greenway, with a gravel path running the length of the creek.

    Outdoors

    • Picnic shelter
    • Picnic area
    • Dogs allowed

    777 Yarbrough Rd, Fultondale, AL 35068

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  • Park · Brierfield

    Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park

    Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park covers 45 acres in Bibb County off Highway 25 between Montevallo and Centreville.

    Outdoors

    240 Furnace Pkwy, Brierfield, AL

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  • Park · Helena

    Cahaba Lily Park

    Cahaba Lily Park is on County Road 52 in Helena, and despite the name it is not on the Cahaba River and has no lily stand.

    Outdoors

    • Playground

    3200 Co Rd 52, Helena, AL 35080

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  • Park · West Blocton

    Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

    The Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge covers about 3,690 acres in Bibb County, with roughly 3.5 miles of the Cahaba River running through it.

    Outdoors

    Co Rd 24, West Blocton, AL

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  • Park · West Blocton

    Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area

    The Cahaba River Wildlife Management Area runs to 41,500 acres in Bibb and Shelby counties around a long free flowing stretch of the Cahaba.

    Outdoors

    • Fishing

    Cahaba River WMA, West Blocton, AL

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  • Park · Clanton

    Clanton City Park

    Clanton City Park on Park Drive holds the Peach City disc golf course, a mix of open and wooded holes.

    Outdoors

    510 Park Dr, Clanton, AL 35045

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  • Park · Homewood

    Homewood Central Park

    Homewood Central Park holds six pavilions, two tennis courts, an amphitheater, a large playground and cement walking paths.

    Outdoors

    • Picnic shelter
    • Playground
    • Paved path

    1632 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Kelly Ingram Park

    Kelly Ingram Park covers four acres across from the 16th Street Baptist Church and holds sculptures marking the 1963 demonstrations.

    Outdoors

    5th Ave N at 16th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Park · Jemison

    Minooka Park

    Minooka Park covers 420 wooded acres in Chilton County with off road trails and a seven acre pond ringed by a one mile walking trail.

    Outdoors

    • Fishing

    1922 Co Rd 146, Jemison, AL 35085

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  • Park · Hoover

    Moss Rock Preserve

    Moss Rock Preserve runs to about 350 acres of rock outcrops, streams and waterfalls with close to 12 miles of hiking trails.

    Outdoors

    617 Preserve Pkwy, Hoover, AL 35226

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  • Park · Jasper

    North Jasper Park

    North Jasper Park on Coral Boulevard carries an 18 hole disc golf course that is free to play.

    Outdoors

    3601 Coral Blvd, Jasper, AL 35501

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  • Park · Pelham

    Oak Mountain State Park

    Oak Mountain State Park is the largest state park in Alabama at 9,940 acres, with hiking, mountain biking, fishing and a campground.

    Outdoors

    200 Terrace Dr, Pelham, AL 35124

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  • Park · Montevallo

    Orr Park

    Orr Park runs 40 acres along Shoal Creek in Montevallo, and the Tinglewood carvings are faces cut by artist Tim Tingle into dying cedars.

    Outdoors

    • Restrooms
    • Picnic shelter

    277 Park Dr, Montevallo, AL 35115

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  • Park · Oneonta

    Palisades Park

    Palisades Park is a 100 acre Blount County park on a rocky ridge above Oneonta, open since November 1973, with 1.8 miles of trail.

    Outdoors

    • Parking

    1225 Palisades Pkwy, Oneonta, AL

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Railroad Park

    Railroad Park covers 19 acres downtown and stretches from 14th Street to 18th Street along First Avenue South.

    Outdoors

    1600 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Red Mountain Park

    Red Mountain Park covers more than 1,500 acres along the Red Mountain ridge with over 18 miles of hiking and biking trails.

    Outdoors

    2011 Frankfurt Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211

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  • Park · Warrior

    Rickwood Caverns State Park

    Rickwood Caverns State Park covers 380 acres in Blount County over limestone caverns whose formations are dated at about 260 million years.

    Outdoors

    370 Rickwood Park Rd, Warrior, AL 35180

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  • Park · Birmingham

    Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve

    Ruffner Mountain runs to about 1,038 acres of old mining land in east Birmingham with more than 14 miles of hiking trails.

    Outdoors

    1214 81st St S, Birmingham, AL 35206

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  • Park · Trussville

    Trussville Civitan Park

    Trussville Civitan Park is along the Cahaba River off Cherokee Drive and holds the John LeMaster disc golf course.

    Outdoors

    Cherokee Dr, Trussville, AL 35173

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  • Park · Pinson

    Turkey Creek Nature Preserve

    Forever Wild added 328 acres in 2026 to bring Turkey Creek Nature Preserve to about 1,030 acres, and it shelters three endangered darters.

    Outdoors

    3906 Turkey Creek Rd, Pinson, AL 35126

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  • Park · Hoover

    Veterans Park

    Veterans Park covers 82 acres on Valleydale Road with a crushed gravel course around its lakes, three pavilions and two playgrounds.

    Outdoors

    • Restrooms
    • Playground
    • Picnic shelter

    4800 Valleydale Rd, Hoover, AL 35242

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  • Park · Vestavia Hills

    Wald Park

    Wald Park covers 32 acres in Vestavia Hills with an amphitheater, playgrounds, running trails, a baseball complex and an aquatic center.

    Outdoors

    • Playground
    • Restrooms

    1973 Merryvale Rd, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

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Beaches

  • Beach · Pelham

    Double Oak Lake Beach

    The swimming beach on Double Oak Lake is off Terrace Drive inside Oak Mountain State Park, with picnic tables, restrooms and changing areas nearby.

    Outdoors

    • Restrooms
    • Picnic area

    200 Terrace Dr, Pelham, AL 35124

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Boat ramps

  • Boat ramp · Ashville

    Canoe Creek Park Boat Launch

    St. Clair County built the Canoe Creek launch on Neely Henry Lake with three launch lanes, a floating dock and about 80 truck and trailer spaces.

    Outdoors

    • Boat launch
    • Parking

    125 Byrd Ln, Ashville, AL 35953

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  • Boat ramp · Clanton

    Lay Dam Boat Ramp

    The Lay Dam ramp is on the Chilton County side of Lay Lake off County Road 607, near the dam itself.

    Outdoors

    • Boat launch

    Co Rd 607, Clanton, AL 35046

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  • Boat ramp · Shelby

    Lay Lake Access at the Narrows

    This Lay Lake access at the Narrows gives boat and bank fishing access on the Shelby County side of the reservoir.

    Outdoors

    • Boat launch
    • Fishing

    1045 Co Rd 400, Shelby, AL 35143

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Trails

  • Trail · Chelsea

    Dunnavant Valley Greenway

    The Dunnavant Valley Greenway runs about 1.9 miles of natural surface trail along the North Fork of Yellow Leaf Creek in Shelby County.

    Outdoors

    • Parking

    Dunnavant Valley Rd, Chelsea, AL

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  • Trail · Birmingham

    Grace's Gap Side Trail

    The Grace's Gap side trail in Red Mountain Park climbs to an overlook with wide views out across the valley.

    Outdoors

    2011 Frankfurt Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211

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  • Trail · Homewood

    Homewood Preserve Trail

    The Homewood Preserve Trail is about one kilometer of easy singletrack through the city's forest preserve.

    Outdoors

    Homewood Forest Preserve, Homewood, AL

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  • Trail · Mountain Brook

    Jemison Park

    Jemison Park is a 54 acre linear greenway along Mountain Brook Parkway, with a concrete trail beside Shades Creek and three crushed stone spurs.

    Outdoors

    Mountain Brook Pkwy, Mountain Brook, AL 35223

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  • Trail · Hoover

    Moss Rock Preserve Orange Trail

    The Orange Trail is one of close to 12 miles of hiking trails inside Moss Rock Preserve in Hoover.

    Outdoors

    617 Preserve Pkwy, Hoover, AL 35226

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  • Trail · Pelham

    Peavine Falls Trail

    The Peavine Falls trailhead parking is at the south end of Oak Mountain State Park, and the falls drop about 65 feet.

    Outdoors

    • Parking

    200 Terrace Dr, Pelham, AL 35124

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  • Trail · Birmingham

    Possum Loop Trail at Ruffner Mountain

    The Possum Loop Trail at Ruffner Mountain runs about 2.5 kilometers of singletrack and links with the Quarry and Overlook trails.

    Outdoors

    • Dogs allowed

    1214 81st St S, Birmingham, AL 35206

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  • Trail · Mount Olive

    Powder Mill Trailhead, Five Mile Creek Greenway

    The Powder Mill trailhead is the western end of the Five Mile Creek Greenway, the longest trail in the Red Rock Trail System.

    Outdoors

    • Parking

    4250 Powder Mill Rd, Mount Olive, AL

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  • Trail · Birmingham

    Quarry Trail at Ruffner Mountain

    The Quarry Trail at Ruffner Mountain runs about 4,970 feet of singletrack to the old limestone quarry, and dogs are allowed on a leash.

    Outdoors

    • Dogs allowed

    1214 81st St S, Birmingham, AL 35206

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  • Trail · Pelham

    Treetop Nature Trail

    The Treetop Nature Trail is a quarter mile boardwalk at the Alabama Wildlife Center, where injured native birds of prey live as education birds.

    Outdoors

    200 Terrace Dr, Pelham, AL 35124

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  • Trail · Birmingham

    Vulcan Trail

    The Vulcan Trail is a one mile paved path on the north slope of Red Mountain, following an old Birmingham Mineral Railroad bed.

    Outdoors

    • Paved path
    • Dogs allowed

    11th Pl S, Birmingham, AL

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Dog parks

  • Dog park · Hoover

    Hoover Dog Park at Loch Haven Park

    The Hoover Dog Park at Loch Haven has two fenced off leash areas, one of them for dogs up to 35 pounds, plus a canine obstacle course.

    Outdoors

    • Off-leash area
    • Dogs allowed
    • Picnic shelter

    3469 Loch Haven Dr, Hoover, AL 35216

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  • Dog park · Birmingham

    Remy's Dog Park at Red Mountain Park

    Remy's Dog Park inside Red Mountain Park is six fenced off leash acres split into areas for large, small and special needs dogs.

    Outdoors

    • Off-leash area
    • Dogs allowed
    • Shade

    2011 Frankfurt Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211

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Libraries

  • Library · Birmingham

    Birmingham Public Library, Central

    The Birmingham Public Library runs 19 branches, and its downtown central library is made of the East Building and the Linn-Henley Research Library.

    Indoors

    2100 Park Pl, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Library · Homewood

    Homewood Public Library

    The Homewood Public Library stands on Oxmoor Road in the middle of Homewood, a few blocks from Homewood Central Park.

    Indoors

    1721 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209

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  • Library · Hoover

    Hoover Public Library

    The Hoover Public Library fills about 45,000 square feet and holds a 250 seat theater used for concerts, lectures and film screenings.

    Indoors

    200 Municipal Dr, Hoover, AL 35216

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  • Library · Mountain Brook

    O'Neal Library

    The Mountain Brook City Council voted in 2020 to shorten this library's name from Emmet O'Neal Library to O'Neal Library.

    Indoors

    50 Oak St, Mountain Brook, AL 35213

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Pools

  • Pool · Bessemer

    Alabama Adventure and Splash Adventure

    Alabama Adventure and Splash Adventure covers 89 acres in Bessemer with a wave pool, a lazy river, water slides and a wooden roller coaster.

    Outdoors

    4599 Splash Adventure Pkwy, Bessemer, AL 35022

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  • Pool · Homewood

    Homewood Central Pool

    Central Pool is inside Homewood Central Park where Oxmoor Road meets Central Avenue, and it runs as a summer pool.

    Outdoors

    1632 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209

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Museums

  • Museum · Birmingham

    16th Street Baptist Church

    The 16th Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873, was bombed in September 1963 and became a National Historic Landmark in 2006.

    Indoors

    1530 6th Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    A.G. Gaston Motel

    This motel is part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and has been owned in part by the National Park Service since 2017.

    Indoors

    1510 5th Ave N, Birmingham, AL

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Museum

    The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is a state museum downtown that records the athletic history of Alabama and the people in it.

    Indoors

    2150 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens

    Arlington stands on six acres of gardens near downtown and was built between 1845 and 1850 by enslaved people.

    Indoors

    331 Cotton Ave SW, Birmingham, AL

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  • Museum · Jasper

    Bankhead House and Heritage Center

    The Bankhead House was built in 1925 by Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead and opened as a heritage center in 2010.

    Indoors

    800 7th St W, Jasper, AL

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  • Museum · Leeds

    Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

    The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum holds more than 1,600 motorcycles and racing cars inside an 880 acre park with a road course.

    Indoors

    6030 Barber Motorsports Pkwy, Leeds, AL 35094

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  • Museum · Bessemer

    Bessemer Hall of History

    The Bessemer Hall of History fills the 1916 Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot with artifacts from the city's mining and steelmaking years.

    Indoors

    1905 Alabama Ave, Bessemer, AL

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

    The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a Smithsonian affiliate covering the 1963 Birmingham campaign, the Children's Crusade and the wider movement.

    Indoors

    520 16th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Birmingham Museum of Art

    The Birmingham Museum of Art shows Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian and Native American collections downtown, and admission is free.

    Indoors · Free

    2000 Rev Abraham Woods Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Museum · Marbury

    Confederate Memorial Park

    This 102 acre Chilton County state park holds the site of Alabama's only state home for Confederate veterans, which ran from 1902 to 1939.

    Outdoors

    437 Co Rd 63, Marbury, AL 36051

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  • Museum · Calera

    Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum

    The Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum is the official railroad museum of Alabama, with two restored depots and operating standard gauge trains.

    Indoors

    1919 9th St, Calera, AL 35040

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Historic Bethel Baptist Church of Collegeville

    Bethel Baptist Church in Collegeville was the headquarters of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights from 1956 to 1961.

    Indoors

    3233 29th Ave N, Birmingham, AL

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    McWane Science Center

    McWane Science Center fills the old Loveman's department store building with hands on exhibits, an aquarium and an IMAX Dome theater.

    Indoors

    200 19th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Rickwood Field

    Rickwood Field was built in 1910 for the Birmingham Barons and is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the country.

    Outdoors

    1137 2nd Ave W, Birmingham, AL

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  • Museum · Columbiana

    Shelby County Museum and Archives

    The Shelby County Museum and Archives has filled the 1854 Columbiana courthouse since 1982, with local photographs and artifacts through World War II.

    Indoors

    Main St, Columbiana, AL

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

    Sloss Furnaces made pig iron from 1882 to 1971 and now covers about 32 acres as a National Historic Landmark.

    Outdoors

    20 32nd St N, Birmingham, AL 35222

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Southern Museum of Flight

    The Southern Museum of Flight keeps nearly 100 aircraft along with engines, models and photographs from the earliest days of powered flight.

    Indoors

    4343 73rd St N, Birmingham, AL 35206

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  • Museum · Birmingham

    Vulcan Park and Museum

    Vulcan is the largest cast iron statue in the world at 56 feet tall, cast for the 1904 St. Louis Exposition.

    Indoors

    1701 Valley View Dr, Birmingham, AL 35209

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Farmers markets

  • Farmers market · Birmingham

    The Market at Pepper Place

    The Market at Pepper Place is a producer only market in the old Dr. Pepper syrup plant, and it runs on Saturdays year round.

    Outdoors

    2829 2nd Ave S, Birmingham, AL

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Rainy-day spots

  • Rainy-day spot · Birmingham

    Alabama Theatre

    The Alabama Theatre opened in December 1927 as the southeastern flagship for Publix Theatres and still plays its original Wurlitzer organ.

    Indoors

    1817 3rd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203

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  • Rainy-day spot · Birmingham

    Boutwell Auditorium

    Boutwell Auditorium opened in 1924 as Birmingham's Municipal Auditorium, on a site facing what is now Linn Park.

    Indoors

    1930 Rev Abraham Woods Jr Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35203

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Courts

  • Courts · Birmingham

    George Ward Park

    George Ward Park covers 84 acres in Glen Iris with eight hard surface tennis courts, six lighted softball diamonds and a 24 hole disc golf course.

    Outdoors

    • Lights
    • Off-leash area

    1901 Green Springs Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205

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  • Courts · Alabaster

    Veterans Park

    Veterans Park in Alabaster runs about 90 acres with a skatepark, an eight court pickleball complex and two miles of lighted paved walking trails.

    Outdoors

    • Paved path
    • Lights
    • Accessible

    7305 Hwy 119, Alabaster, AL 35007

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  • Courts · Homewood

    West Homewood Park

    West Homewood Park holds eight tennis courts, nine baseball and softball fields, a large multi purpose field, two pavilions and a summer pool.

    Outdoors

    • Playground
    • Picnic shelter

    121 W Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209

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