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Delve into Princeton Heights
The district Princeton Heights of Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) is a district located in United States about 706 mi south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 5°C / 41 °F
Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
Evening Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
Night Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 35% |
Air Pressure | 1036 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 3% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Wednesday, 4th of December 2024
10°C (49 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
11°C (51 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 6th of December 2024
10°C (50 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Capstone
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites TUSCALOOSA-UNIVERSITY
AL Tuscaloosa Country Inn and Suites by Radisson
BEST WESTERN UNIVERSITY INN
Hampton Inn Tuscaloosa-University
La Quinta Inn Tuscaloosa
Hilton Garden InnTuscaloosa
Courtyard Tuscaloosa
Fairfield Inn Tuscaloosa
SpringHill Suites Tuscaloosa
Videos from this area
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Tiger Rock Martial Arts Tuscaloosa/Northport: Instructor/Staff workout (1/20/15)
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CoreGlide
The CoreGlide is a new and exciting exercise and rehab product. It uses self contained mechanisms for variable resistance and offers two travel settings for versatility. It is completely portable...
Marsh Buggy Mud Boggin'
Debris removal at the north end of Forest Lake. Removing lots of vegetative debris (including trees). Seems the marsh buggy could use a trip through the car wash!
tuscaloosa, AL tornado 4-27-2011
Tornado, first viewed from 69 S, south of Tuscaloosa traveling north, then from McFarland Blvd at 15th Street.
Crazy Bama Fan
Some random drunk dude that set up his cooler not far from our tailgating spot on the Quad. I missed most of the good stuff before I started recording him, but here's a sample of what we listened...
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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.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States). Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 91,605 in 2011. It is the principal city of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Tuscaloosa, Greene, and Hale counties, and whose estimated metro population in 2012 was 221,553.
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama (UA) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1831, it is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System, as well the senior and the largest in terms of enrollment among all of the universities in Alabama. It is known as The Capstone, a nickname that stems from a 1913 speech by then-president George H. Denny, who extolled the university as the "capstone of the public school system in the state".
WVUA-CA
WVUA-CA is class A television station licensed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It broadcasts a low-power analog signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter on Summit Ridge Road in eastern Tuscaloosa. WUOA serves as the station's full-power satellite, broadcasting a high-definition digital signal on VHF channel 6 from a transmitter located atop Red Mountain, near the southern edge of Birmingham.
Coleman Coliseum
Coleman Coliseum is a 15,383-seat multi-purpose arena in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the campus of the University of Alabama. It is the current home of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball and women's gymnastics teams and previously served as the home of the women's basketball and women's volleyball programs in the past.
University of Alabama School of Law
The University of Alabama School of Law (also known as Alabama Law) located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a nationally ranked top-tier law school (First Tier) and the only public law school in the state. In total, it is one of five law schools in the state, and one of three that are ABA accredited. The diverse student body, of approximately 520, represent 174 undergraduate institutions from 23 states and Canada.
Sewell–Thomas Stadium
Sewell–Thomas Stadium is a baseball stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is the home field of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide college baseball team. The stadium opened in 1948 and the current seating capacity is 6,571. The stadium is commonly referred to as "The Joe". Coleman Coliseum, the home to Crimson Tide basketball, is located beyond the right field fence. Sewell-Thomas sits across Paul W. Bryant Drive (formerly 10th Street) from the Bryant Museum and Conference Center.
University Mall (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
University Mall is the largest mall in western Alabama. It is located at the intersection of McFarland Boulevard and Veterans' Memorial Parkway in Tuscaloosa, the busiest in the city. Owned and managed by Montgomery-based Aronov Realty, the mall opened on August 20, 1980. Anchor stores of the 733,254 sq ft enclosed mall include J.C. Penney (99,450 sq ft), Sears (105,000 sq ft), Belk Women (82,222 sq ft) and Belk Men, Home & Kids (90,174 sq ft).
Paul W. Bryant Museum
The Paul W. Bryant Museum is located on the campus of the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1985, the museum was opened in 1988 to "house the history of Alabama football, with special emphasis on the legendary coach," Bear Bryant.
Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Central High School is a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, enrolling grades 9-12. The school enrolls approximately 700 students, and is one of three traditional high schools in the Tuscaloosa City School District along with Paul W. Bryant High School and Northridge High School. Central High School offers the International Baccalaureate program. Central High School was formed by the merger of Tuscaloosa High School and Druid High School in 1979 in response to a federal desegregation order.
WACT
WACT (1420 AM, "Comedy 1420") is a radio station licensed to serve Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. The station, founded in 1958, is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications and the license is held by Capstar TX Limited Partnership.
Tuscaloosa Transit Authority
The Tuscaloosa Transit Authority, or TTA, is a local, government-owned bus system based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that commenced operation in 1971. The Tuscaloosa Transit Authority serves the city of Tuscaloosa and also operates the trolleys between the student entertainment districts downtown and The Strip and game day shuttle buses for Alabama football games. The Tuscaloosa Transit Authority is governed by a seven member board, and employs a staff of 27 full time employees as off February 2008.
WUAC-LP
WUAC-LP is a radio station licensed to serve Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The station is owned by Crucifest Ministries. It airs a Christian rock format geared mainly toward alternative and rap. The station shares time with WTUS-LP, with WUAC broadcasting from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM daily, and WTUS broadcasting the remaining twelve hours of each day. A third Tuscaloosa LPFM licensee to this frequency, which would have had a Chinese language Christian format, returned its license to the FCC.
WTUS-LP
WTUS-LP is a radio station licensed to serve Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The station is owned by the City of Tuscaloosa Travel and Convention Bureau. It airs a Traveller's Information Station format. The station was assigned the WTUS-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 19, 2004. WTUS shares time on the channel with WUAC-LP. WTUS broadcasts from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily, with WUAC broadcasting the other twelve hours of each day.
Denny Chimes
Denny Chimes is a 115-foot tall campanile tower on the south side of The Quad at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The tower was named in honor of George H. Denny, who served as university president from 1912 to 1936 and then again in 1941. It is equipped with a 25-bell carillon. The tower is one of the most visible landmarks on campus.
American Christian Academy (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
American Christian Academy is a Christian school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A. , with students in grades K through 12. It operates in the former Eastwood Middle School on Veterans Memorial Parkway, which it purchased from the Tuscaloosa City Schools. The school is a member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association.
Alabama Museum of Natural History
The Alabama Museum of Natural History is the state's natural history museum, located in Smith Hall at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The oldest museum in the state, it was founded in 1831. The exhibits depict the natural diversity of Alabama from the Age of Dinosaurs, the Coal Age, and the Ice Age. Collections include items relating to geology, zoology, mineralogy, paleontology, ethnology, history, and photography.
Denny Field (Alabama)
Denny Field was located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and served as the home field for the University of Alabama football team from 1915 through the 1928 seasons, excluding 1918 when a team was not fielded due to World War I. The venue opened in 1915, and was originally named University Field. It was renamed Denny Field in 1920, in honor of former Alabama president George Hutchenson Denny. During its tenure as the team's home field, Alabama amassed an overall home record of 43 wins to only 3 losses.
Rhoads Stadium
The John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium (most commonly referred to as Roads Stadium) is a softball stadium located on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It serves as the home field of the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team and is located on the corner of 5th Avenue and Campus Drive on the northeast corner of campus. The Crimson Tide's all-time record at Rhoads Stadium is 316–50, and the official capacity of the stadium is 3,940.
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood. The incident brought George Wallace into the national spotlight.
Holy Spirit Catholic School
Holy Spirit Catholic School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham.
McFarland Mall
McFarland Mall is a regional 497,000-square-foot shopping mall on U.S. Route 11 (Skyland Boulevard East) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Located at the interchange of Interstate 20/59 with U.S. Route 82 (McFarland Boulevard), it is in the southern section of the city. After opening in February 1969, the mall has seen a steady decline since the opening of University Mall and as of 2009 was rumored as a potential site for demolition and major redevelopment.
Strode House
The Strode Mansion is the former residence of Hudson Strode. The residence includes the main house, a small caretaker's cabin, and a separate writing studio, as well as 27 acres of woodland. The Strodes bequeathed their residence to the University of Alabama's Department of English. The property is located at 49 Cherokee Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The home was designated a historic landmark by the Alabama Historical Association in 1987.
University of Alabama Quad
The Quad is an approximately 22-acre quadrangle on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Home to most of the university's original buildings, this portion of the campus remains the geographic and historic center of the modern campus. Originally designed by noted English-born architect William Nichols, construction of the university campus began in 1828, following the move of the Alabama state capital from Cahaba to Tuscaloosa in 1826.
University of Alabama Observatory
The University of Alabama Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The new domed observatory was built atop Gallalee Hall, completed in 1949. It replaced the Old Observatory, which had been in use from 1849 until the 1890s. Initially equipped with a 10-inch refracting telescope, this was the university's primary telescope from 1950 until 2004.
Alabama Soccer Stadium
The University of Alabama Soccer Stadium was built in 2004. The complex features covered bench areas for both teams and a press box with seating for 1,500 spectators and standing room for many more. The University of Alabama soccer field was the first home of Alabama soccer and it saw its first action on Oct. 2, 1994, as Alabama played Furman University. The Tide has compiled a 109-56-11 overall record on campus and a 36-29-4 ledger since playing at the Alabama Soccer Complex.