Buena Vista Highlands

Buena Vista Highlands is a hamlet in Jefferson, Alabama. Buena Vista Highlands is situated nearby to the hamlet Lake Shore Estates, as well as near Edgewood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include A Hamilton Reid Chapel (Samford University) and Birmingham Zoo.

A Hamilton Reid Chapel (Samford University)

Church

Photo: Sweetmoose6, Public domain.

A Hamilton Reid Chapel (Samford University) is a church.

Birmingham Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Veharris, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Birmingham Zoo is a zoological park that opened in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The Birmingham Zoo is an independent, not for profit, 501 organization, and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, participating in AZA Species Survival Plans. Birmingham Zoo is situated 2½ miles northeast of Buena Vista Highlands.

Union Baptist Church (Homewood, Alabama)

Church

Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Union Baptist Church (Homewood, Alabama) is situated 1½ miles northeast of Buena Vista Highlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Homewood and Vestavia Hills.

Homewood

Photo: Sweetmoose6, Public domain.

Homewood is located in Metropolitan Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham famous as the home of Samford University.

Vestavia Hills

Town

Photo: Stphelan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vestavia Hills, colloquially known simply as Vestavia, is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties, Alabama, United States. The population was 39,102 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 38,306 in 2025, making it is the third-largest city in Jefferson County, after Birmingham and Hoover, and making it is the fourteenth-largest city in Alabama. Vestavia Hills is situated 1½ miles southeast of Buena Vista Highlands.

Elyton

Hamlet

Elyton, Alabama, was the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama from 1821 to 1873. It was the county's second seat, after Carrollsville. In 1873 the courthouse was moved to Birmingham. Elyton is situated 3½ miles northwest of Buena Vista Highlands.

Buena Vista Highlands

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.46261° or 33° 27′ 45″ north

Longitude

-86.8086° or 86° 48′ 31″ west

Elevation

741 feet (226 metres)

Open location code

865MF57R+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153433255

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4052418

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