Central Highlands
in Jefferson County of Alabama, United States
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Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (2 mi) - Anniston Metropolitan Airport (49 mi)
- Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (57 mi)
- Thomas C Russell Field (62 mi)
- Huntsville International Carl T Jones Field (75 mi)
- Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport (89 mi)
- Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (97 mi)
- Columbus Metropolitan Airport (125 mi)
- Roebuck Municipal GC (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Grayson Valley Country Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Shoal Creek Golf Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Mountain Brook Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Altadena Valley Country Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Eagle Point Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Greystone Golf & CC (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Heatherwood Country Club (Closed) (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Highland Park Golf Course (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Old Overton Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 33.554 and -86.716 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 33° 33' 15" and W -86° 42' 57"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:52 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:25 am and 4:40 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -37.797 and 77.565 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Martin-de-Vivies - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Central Highlands
Central Highlands in Jefferson County (Alabama) is a town in United States about 653 mi (or 1,051 km) south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
Current time in Central Highlands is now 09:52 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / Chicago with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 8 airports near Central Highlands, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Birmingham, Columbiana, Oneonta, Talladega and Jasper. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 24% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
17°C (63 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook Autograph Collection
Embassy Suites by Hilton Birmingham
DoubleTree by Hilton Birmingham
Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham SE-Liberty Park
Courtyard Birmingham Trussville
SpringHill Suites Birmingham Downtown at UAB
Homewood Stes Birmingham Dtwn
Residence Inn Birmingham Downtown at UAB
Independent (SPHC) HOTEL HIGHLAND DOWNTOWN
Hampton Inn Birmingham-MTN Brook
Videos from this area
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School ERP Video.
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video1.mov: Pipeline Trail
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
See: Birmingham Air National Guard Base for the United States Air Force use of the airport Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, formerly Birmingham Municipal Airport and later Birmingham International Airport, is the major airport that serves Birmingham, Alabama and Central Alabama, United States. A joint civil-military facility, it is located five miles (8 km) northeast of downtown Birmingham, near the interchange of I-20 and I-59.
Southern Museum of Flight
The Southern Museum of Flight is an aviation museum located three blocks east of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama. It features a valuable collection of aviation artifacts spanning the 20th century in the various areas of aviation. It explores eight decades of winged history with both military and civil aircraft.
Eastwood Village
Eastwood Village, formerly Eastwood Mall, is a shopping mall located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It is located between Montclair Road and Crestwood Boulevard, adjacent to I-20, between Mountain Brook and Irondale. When it opened on August 25, 1960, Eastwood Mall was the second enclosed shopping mall in the Southeastern United States after North Carolina's Charlottetown Mall, which opened on October 28, 1959.
Ruffner Mountain Park
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center is a 1,011 acres nature preserve located in the eastern portions of Jefferson County, Alabama near Birmingham's suburb, Irondale. The preserve includes a visitor center containing native Alabama animals including raptors, snakes, turtles and owls. The Ruffner Mountain area was home to iron ore mines and stone quarries, supplying the area's steel mills. When the mines played out in the 1950s, nature reclaimed the area.
L. Frazier Banks Middle School
L. Frazier Banks Middle School (formerly Banks High School) was a former high school and middle school in the Birmingham Public School System in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The school, which was named for former superintendent L. Frazier Banks, occupied six buildings in a residential area of Birmingham's South East Lake neighborhood. The school was opened as a high school in 1957 and, at first, accepted only freshmen. The high school's first graduating class matriculated in 1961.
Century Plaza
Century Plaza was an enclosed shopping mall in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Opened in 1975, the mall originally included four anchor stores and more than one hundred tenants, but lost three of those anchors in the mid-2000s. In May 2009, the mall was completely closed as Sears and the rest of the stores in the mall closed. The mall was managed by General Growth Properties of Chicago, Illinois at the time of its closure. It is now owned by the Howard Hughes Corporation.
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 was a regularly scheduled commercial flight between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama which crashed in the pre-dawn hours of January 6, 1946 while landing at Birmingham Municipal Airport, resulting in three fatalities. The accident is the only fatal recorded Part 121 (Air Carrier) accident at the airport.
1916 Irondale earthquake
The 1916 Irondale earthquake struck north–central Alabama on October 18, 1916. The greatest earthquake recorded in state history, it registered an estimated magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale and resulted in extensive minor damage, reaching its maximum severity near its epicenter in the city of Irondale. Damage from the earthquake, which included cracked windows, fallen chimneys, and the drying of wells, was limited to Shelby and Jefferson counties.
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