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Discover Shades Acres
The district Shades Acres of Parkwood in Jefferson County (Alabama) is a district in United States about 669 mi south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F
Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 16% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
19°C (66 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
20°C (69 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
16°C (60 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa
Embassy Suites by Hilton Birmingham Hoover
Hyatt Regency Birmingham-The Wynfrey Hotel
Hyatt Place Birmingham Hoover
Holiday Inn BIRMINGHAM - HOOVER
Hampton Inn - Suites Birmingham-Hoover-Galleria
Residence Inn Birmingham Hoover
Courtyard Birmingham Hoover
Fairfield Inn & Suites Birmingham Pelham/I-65
Hampton Inn - Suites Birmingham-Pelham -I-65-
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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.
Bessemer, Alabama
Bessemer is a city outside of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States eight miles (13 km) west of Hoover. The population was 27,456 at the 2010 Census.
Helena, Alabama
Helena is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. Helena is considered a suburb of Birmingham and part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area. It is also one of three cities, along with Alabaster and Pelham, that make up the area known as "North Shelby" or "North Shelby County". As of the 2010 census the population was 16,793.
Hoover, Alabama
Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA (metropolitan statistical area) and is also included in the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL CSA. Hoover’s neighborhoods and planned communities are located along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Lipscomb, Alabama
Lipscomb is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Area. At the 2010 census the population was 2,210. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code (35020).
New Charter University
New Charter University is a private, accredited online university headquartered in San Francisco, California. New Charter University offers Associate, Bachelor's and Master's degrees in business, public policy and administration, and criminal justice. The university's courses are online and self-paced, meaning students can attend school when convenient and learn according to their own pace and personal learning style.
Riverchase Galleria
Riverchase Galleria, locally known as The Galleria, is a large super–regional shopping mall in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover, Alabama. It is the 43rd largest shopping mall in the United States. It is managed and partially owned by General Growth Properties and is Alabama's largest enclosed shopping center with 1,570,000 square feet of total retail floor area.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a collection of championship caliber golf courses, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. , distributed across the state of Alabama, as part of investments by the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The Trail started with 378 holes at eight sites throughout the state, but has grown to 468 holes at eleven sites. The concept was created and executed by Dr. David Bronner, CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (The Hoover Met), formerly known as Regions Park, is a minor league baseball park located in the Birmingham, Alabama, USA, suburb of Hoover. It was home of the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League from 1988 to 2012, replacing historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham. The stadium also serves as the home for the SEC Baseball Tournament, as well as the primary home for Hoover High School football.
Pelham Civic Center
Pelham Civic Complex is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Pelham, Alabama. It features two NHL size ice skating rinks with a holding capacity of 500 skaters, a skating school, ice skating birthday party rooms, and a multi-purpose banquet area. Its hockey capacity is 3,500; the arena has 17,000 square feet of floor space. It is the only public ice skating rink in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
Aldridge Botanical Gardens
Aldridge Gardens is a 30 acre (121,000 m²) garden, prominently featuring hydrangeas, located on the former Aldridge Estate in Hoover, Alabama, U.S.A.. Local nurseryman Eddie Aldridge purchased the property from the Coxe family in 1977 as a residence. Aldridge, who along with his father, Loren L. Aldridge, found and patented Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake', a double-flowering form of Oakleaf Hydrangea.
Bessemer Airport
Bessemer Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Bessemer, a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is categorized as a reliever airport for the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Although many U.S.
WMJJ
WMJJ, "Magic 96.5" is a Clear Channel-owned Adult contemporary radio station that broadcasts from Birmingham, Alabama. Other stations in the Birmingham market owned by Clear Channel include WDXB-FM (102.5), WQEN-FM (103.7), WERC-FM (105.5), and WERC (960 AM). It is consistently one of the highest rated stations in the Birmingham market.
Hoover High School (Alabama)
This school takes its name from the city, which was named after founder William Hoover and not the former U.S. president. Hoover High School 280px Location 1000 Buccaneer DriveHoover, Alabama, USA Information Type Public Established 1994 Principal Don Hulin Faculty 208 Grades 9-12 Enrollment 2592 Campus Suburban Color(s) Orange, Black & White Mascot Buccaneers Hoover High School is a public high school in Hoover, Alabama, USA, serving grades 9-12.
WDXB
WDXB (102.5 FM, "102.5 the Bull") is a Clear Channel Communications-owned country music formatted radio station licensed to Pelham, Alabama, that serves Birmingham and north-central Alabama.
WQEN
WQEN (103.7 FM, "103-7 the Q") is a radio station licensed to serve Trussville, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Other stations in the Birmingham market owned by Clear Channel include WDXB (102.5 FM), WERC-FM (105.5 FM), WERC (960 AM), W276BQ, and WMJJ (96.5 FM). It broadcasts a Top 40 music format to Birmingham and north-central Alabama.
Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa
The Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa is a 259-room resort, providing fine dining, a championship golf course, and equipped with a 12,000-square-foot full service spa. In addition there is approximately 25,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space. The hotel is managed by PCH Hotels and Resorts, Inc. and is a franchise of Marriott International.
WDJC-FM
WDJC-FM is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. The station was one of the first commercial FM radio stations in the United States to exclusively feature Christian programming. Today the station programs contemporary Christian music. Crawford Broadcasting Company owns WDJC.
Verizon Wireless Music Center (Pelham, Alabama)
Verizon Wireless Music Center (originally Oak Mountain Amphitheatre) is an outdoor amphitheater, owned by Live Nation, located in Pelham, Alabama, a few miles south of Birmingham. It is the largest outdoor music venue in Alabama. It is unusual in that it features three tiers of reserved seating, with no general admission seating area. John Mayer performed and recorded his show here, on September 12, 2002, which was later released as a CD/DVD, entitled Any Given Thursday.
Pelham High School
Pelham High School is a public high school located in Pelham, Alabama. Part of the Shelby County School System, Pelham was built in 1973 and opened in 1974. The school's mascot is "Paws" the Panther, and its colors are Forest Green and Vegas Gold.
Riverchase Middle School
Riverchase Middle School is a public middle school located in Shelby County, Alabama. Approximately 1100 students attend between grades six through eight under principal Charles Smith.
Brock Gap
Brock Gap (variant Brock’s Gap) is a natural pass across Shades Mountain in Hoover, Alabama, most notable as being the location used by the South & North Railroad (S&N) to reach the Birmingham area in the late 19th century from the mineral deposits to the south, spurring economic development in the area.
Hopewell, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Today it lies mostly within the corporate limits of the City of Bessemer, Alabama. The historic Sadler Cemetery lies nearby which contain the graves of many pioneer settlers of western Jefferson County. Hopewell lies at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m).
Pyne Mine
The Pyne Mine was a vertical shaft iron ore mine operated by the Woodward Iron Company and located near the Lacey's Chapel community outside Bessemer, Alabama in Shades Valley. It was, along with Woodward's Songo Mine, one of only two shaft mines dug in the Birmingham District, and the last ore mine to operate in the region, closing in 1971.
Shannon, Alabama
Shannon is a small community located in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA, between Birmingham and northwest Hoover named after John James Shannon, a mine operator.
Sloss Mines
The Sloss Mines are a group of mines in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama. They were established by the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and its successor, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Company, on the southern end of Red Mountain. The Sloss Iron and Steel Company itself was founded by James Sloss in 1881 as the Sloss Furnace Company. The Sloss Mines produced iron ore from 1882 until the 1960s.