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Delve into Ruffner
Ruffner in Jefferson County (Alabama) is a city located in United States about 653 mi (or 1,050 km) south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
Current time in Ruffner is now 01:29 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named America / Chicago with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Ruffner, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 5 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, 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: 21°C / 70 °F
Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 59% |
Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 18% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
19°C (66 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
21°C (69 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
15°C (60 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook Autograph Collection
Aloft Birmingham Soho Square
Embassy Suites by Hilton Birmingham
Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham SE-Liberty Park
Holiday Inn Express & Suites BIRMINGHAM-IRONDALE (EAST)
Courtyard Birmingham Homewood
Hampton Inn - Suites Birmingham Airport Area AL
Comfort Inn Birmingham - Irondale
Hampton Inn Birmingham-MTN Brook
Courtyard Birmingham Trussville
Videos from this area
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03042013 - Somebody Ought to Say Something
Please join us in the celebration of Rev. Andra Sparks 9th Anniversary as Pastor of Forty fifth Street Baptist Church. The guest speaker is Bishop James L. Davis. Bishop Davis currently serves...
YouthServe MLK Day of Service 2013
YouthServe had 90 youth and 30 adults who volunteered with 3 hots and a cot Monday, January 21, 2013 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. We cleaned out two houses for homeless veterans,...
Samford Gives Back to Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve
Twenty-five Samford University students from the International Club along with 10 students from the Nature Crew volunteered at Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve as part of Samford Gives Back...
VHEW Ruffner Mountain field trip for Miss Sell's 1st grade class 2015
Sell's first grade field trip to Ruffner Mountain. Unfortunately, Aidan was sick with a very high temperature and could not make it.
video2.mov: Pipeline Trail
See the entire trip at http://www.everytrail.com. The Pipeline Trail connects the Pipeline Trail Head to the Lizard Loop, the Wetlands, the Sandstone Ridge T...
video1.mov: Pipeline Trail
See the entire trip at http://www.everytrail.com. The Pipeline Trail connects the Pipeline Trail Head to the Lizard Loop, the Wetlands, the Sandstone Ridge T...
Ns 710 with NYC 1066 Heritage Unit
Here I got lucky enough to catch the New York Central heritage unit 1066 on Ns 710 in irondale and at 32nd st before it went up the Na district #2.
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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.
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School (JCIB) is a public International Baccalaureate school located on the campus of Shades Valley High School in Irondale, Alabama in Jefferson County. The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Jefferson County Board of Education school system. Previously known as the Resource Learning Center, Shades Valley Annex, JCIB now consists of approximately 325 students from the Jefferson County School District.
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.
Shades Valley High School
Shades Valley High School is a public secondary school located in Irondale, Alabama. The school was established in 1948 near Homewood and was moved to its present location in Irondale in the fall of 1996. Shades Valley High School Location Irondale, Alabama, United States Information Type Public Established 1948 Principal Jane Baker Faculty 70+ Grades 9-12 Campus Suburban Color(s) Maroon & Black Nickname Mounties
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.
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.