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Delve into Edgemont
The district Edgemont of Huntsville in Madison County (Alabama) is a subburb in United States about 599 mi south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Fayetteville, Athens, Washington Street Courthouse Annex, Decatur and Guntersville. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 18°C / 65 °F
Morning Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 51% |
Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
21°C (69 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
19°C (67 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Huntsville Marriott at the Space & Rocket Center
Embassy Suites by Hilton Huntsville Hotel - Spa
Courtyard Huntsville University Drive
Homewood Suites by Hilton Huntsville-Downtown AL
SpringHill Suites Huntsville Downtown
LA QUINTA INN STE MADISON SQUARE
Clarion Inn Huntsville
La Quinta Inn Huntsville Research Park
LA QUINTA INN HUNTSVILLE SPACE CENTER
Hilton Garden Inn Huntsville-Space Center
Videos from this area
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Tornado in Huntsville Alabama 1/21/2010
This is what happened on January 21st at around 6:00pm. Corner of Humes Avenue and Andrew Jackson Way. Pretty amazing scene. Captured and uploaded with iPhone 3G Pause video at 2:20 for...
Free Wireless Internet Added to Community Centers for student's after-school homework
October 1, 2012 (Huntsville, AL) - The City of Huntsville announced today the addition of five community centers to its growing list of free wifi access poin...
Lakewood Park Playground Revitalization
August 22, 2012 (Huntsville, AL) - Mayor Tommy Battle announced a new kaboom playground is coming soon to Lakewood Park on York Road in North Huntsville. The...
4044 Summerhill Dr NW Huntsville AL
http://www.exite-listings.com/97306 4044 Summerhill Drive; Huntsville, AL 35810 Subdivision: Rolling Hills Rent: $800 per Month Security Deposit: $800 App...
2206 York Road
For more details click here: http://www.visualtour.com/showvt.asp?t=2770842 2206 York Road Huntsville, AL 35810 $65000, 3 bed, 2.0 bath, 1722 SF, MLS# 6038...
City Called Heaven.3gp
Dr. Linda Crawford leads the Sanctuary Choir of Lakeside UMC Huntsville, AL in singing "City Called Heaven" arr. Poelinitz, Carmelita Gandy is seen accompanying on the organ. Pastor Sara Cameron.
Southern University v AAMU 2006-2007
Southern University v AAMU I believe this was recorded October 7, 2006 at an Alabama A&M home game.
Kay Doby Testifies: DOJ/USDA Antitrust Hearing on Poultry
Former North Carolina poultry producer Kay Doby testifies at the DOJ / USDA joint workshop on antitrust / competition issues in the poultry industry. The workshop was held at Alabama A&M University...
Let The Good Times Roll---Bobby Bland & B.B.King
Recorded in 1976......From the Lp--"Bobby Bland & B.B.King Together Again...Live"
Huntsville, AL Real Estate: 8 Things Your Real Estate Broker Won't Tell You
http://www.amandahowardrealestate.com/blog/8-ways-to-know-youre-working-with-the-right-agent/ - When purchasing a home, a good broker is a treasured resource -- especially if it's your first...
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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.
Madison County, Alabama
Madison County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is a major part of the Huntsville Metropolitan Area. It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The county is named in honor of James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America, and the first to visit the state of Alabama. According to the 2010 Census, the population was 334,811. Its county seat is Huntsville. Madison County covers parts of the former Decatur County.
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, also known as Alabama A&M University or AAMU, is a public, historically black university, land-grant university located in Normal, Madison County, Alabama, United States. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Normal, Alabama
Normal, Alabama is the site of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University. AAMU is situated in the city limits and northern part of Huntsville, Alabama, USA in Madison County. Normal was established in 1890, when AAMU was then known as "State Normal and Industrial School of Huntsville". It was also designated a land grant college of Alabama. At that time student enrollment was 300 with 11 teachers. That same year, a United States Post Office was established there.
Von Braun Center
The Von Braun Center (VBC), known as the Von Braun Civic Center (VBCC) until 1997, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama. The original facility debuted in 1975 and has undergone several significant expansions since opening. The VBC, in addition to the arena, features multiple exhibit halls, a concert hall, a playhouse and many other facilities, for meetings and exhibits.
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library is a public, Carnegie library in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 1818, when Alabama was still a part of the Mississippi Territory, it is the oldest continuing library in the state. It was first located in the office of attorney John Nelson Spotswood Jones, in the Boardman Building, which is now a part of Constitution Hall Park.
Louis Crews Stadium
Louis Crews Stadium is a 21,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Huntsville, Alabama. It opened in 1996 and is home to the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs football team. It was named in honor of former Head Football Coach Louis Crews who served from 1960 to 1975. Built in 1996 at a price of $10 Million, Louis Crews Stadium has a current capacity of 21,000, and is the sixth largest stadium in Alabama. The home-side grand stands has a capacity of 14,000 and the visitors side holds 7,000.
Elmore Gymnasium
T.M. Elmore Gymnasium is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Normal, Alabama. It is home to the Alabama A&M University Bulldogs basketball team and is informally known as "The Dog House". The venue is also the site for special events, such as the International Student Association's annual Food and Culture Fair. In February 1996, Elmore Gymnasium was ranked the "fourth-toughest place to play" in NCAA Division II basketball by Division II Bulletin.
Five Points Historic District (Huntsville, Alabama)
Five Points Historic District was the third historic district to be designated in Huntsville, Alabama. It features homes built around the turn of the 20th Century in several styles, including California Bungalow, Queen Anne and other modest Victorian styles dating from the late 1890s through the early 1900s. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in August 2012.
Goldsmith–Schiffman Field
Goldsmith–Schiffman Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Huntsville, Alabama. From 1934 through 2012, it was used mainly for middle school and high school football. It was also home to the now-defunct Alabama Renegades of the National Women's Football Association.
Huntsville Hospital System
The Huntsville Hospital System also known as Huntsville Hospital is a public, not-for-profit hospital campus consisting of several sites and buildings originating in the downtown area of Huntsville, Alabama. It has some 7,000 employees, 2,000 nurses and 650 physicians. The hospital has no official affiliation with any institution of higher education, and is exclusively a site for clinical rotations for students of the UAB School of Medicine, http://main. uab. edu/uasom/2/show.
WBHP (AM)
WBHP (1230 AM, "The Big Talker") is a news/talk formatted radio station licensed to Huntsville, Alabama. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications and serves all of Madison County, Alabama. WBHP programming is simulcast on WHOS (800 AM), 106.5 FM (translator), and WQRV-HD2.
Big Spring Jam
Big Spring Jam was an annual music festival taking place in Huntsville, Alabama. The Jam, which began in 1993, typically took place the fourth weekend in September. From 1993 to 2009, this was a three-day beginning Friday and ending Sunday. The 2011 revival was a two-day event on Friday and Saturday only. It featured acts from all genres of music including local bands, emerging talent, old favorites, and the top artists of the day.
Greengate School
Greengate School for Dyslexia is a private, non-profit school located in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. Greengate is one of only twelve schools in the nation with an instructional program for dyslexia accredited through the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. The mission of the school is to educate and support bright children who have specific learning differences in reading, spelling or writing so that they may realize their full potential.
WTKI
WTKI is a radio station licensed to serve Huntsville, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Christian Voice of Central Ohio, Inc. , although a sale to FRC of Alabama LLC, doing business as "Focus Radio Communications", is currently pending FCC approval. Since November 2009, FRC has operated WTKI under a local marketing agreement, broadcasting a combined news/talk/sports format. Some programming is provided by Fox Sports Radio and Fox Business Network.
Helion Lodge
Helion Lodge #1 is a Masonic lodge in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the oldest lodge of Freemasons in the state. According to Grand Historian Joseph Abram Jackson's Masonry in Alabama, it is "the birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama. " Helion Lodge is also the common name for the building (actually named Eunomia Hall for Eunomia Chapter #5 Royal Arch Masons who financed its construction), built in 1911, where the lodge meets.
Lee High School (Huntsville, Alabama)
Lee High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in grades 9-12 from Huntsville, in Madison County, Alabama in the United States, as a part of Huntsville City Schools.
Heart of Huntsville Mall
The Heart of Huntsville Mall was a shopping mall located in Huntsville, Alabama. It opened in 1961. The mall was demolished in 2007 to make way for a new $150 million mixed-use development called "Constellation."
Brush Mountain
Chase, Alabama
Chase is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Alabama, in the southern United States. The community was a railroad stop.
Huntsville City Schools
Huntsville City Schools is the school district serving Huntsville, Alabama. As of the 2010-11 school year, the system had 23,374 students and employed 1,738 teachers. The district oversees 53 schools: 23 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, 2 K-8 schools, 7 high schools, 3 special education centers, and 4 magnet schools. The school system finished the 2010 fiscal year with a debt of nearly $20 million the largest of any school system in Alabama by a significant margin.
J.O. Johnson High School
James Oliver Johnson High School, more commonly referred to as J.O. Johnson High School or J.O.J. , is a public high school located in the northwest area of Huntsville, Alabama. The school serves grades 9 through 12. It is home to an International Education Magnet Program, and the school also features a Marine JROTC program.
Dead Children's Playground
Hidden amongst the old beech trees within the limits of Maple Hill Cemetery lies the Dead Children's Playground, which in local stories is said to be haunted by the children buried nearby. Maple Hill Park was founded in 1822 and with its hundreds of acres of land it's the oldest and largest cemetery in Alabama, US. Some people say that it is the spirits of the cemetery's children that come out to play.
J. F. Drake State Technical College
J. F. Drake State Technical College is a community college in Huntsville, Alabama. As of the Fall 2010 semester, Drake State has an enrollment of 1,258 students. The college was founded in 1961 as the Huntsville State Vocational Technical College. In 1966, the school was renamed J. F. Drake State Technical Trade School in honor of Joseph Fanning Drake, a long-serving president of Alabama A&M University. After desegregating in 1967, the school took its current name in 1973.
Huntsville Bible College
Huntsville Bible College is a non-denominational Christian seminary in Huntsville, Alabama. Founded in 1986, the college offers both associate degrees and bachelor's degrees in Christian Education, Mission and Evangelism, and Pastoral Ministry, as well as a bachelor's in Theology. With 72 students and 13 faculty members, it is one of the smallest post-secondary institutes in Alabama.
Governors Drive (Huntsville)
Governors Drive is a major east–west thoroughfare in Huntsville, Alabama. It follows U.S. Route 431 (US-431) in east Huntsville and State Route 53 (SR-53) in west Huntsville. Governors Drive is one of the main entrance points to the city from the east, carrying on average approximately 35,000 vehicles a day across Monte Sano Mountain.