Montreat

Montreat is a neighborhood in Jefferson, Alabama. Montreat is situated nearby to the neighborhood Monte D’Oro, as well as near Panorama.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aldridge Botanical Gardens.

Aldridge Botanical Gardens

Park

Photo: Joshua Crauswell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldridge Gardens is a 30-acre lake with walking trails. Public lectures and educational activities are scheduled throughout the year. Aldridge Botanical Gardens is situated 2 miles south of Montreat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoover and Vestavia Hills.

Hoover is a city in the Birmingham urban area in Metropolitan Alabama, south of central Birmingham. While most nearby attractions in the area are in the city of Birmingham, Hoover is an important shopping/retail area.

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 2½ miles north of Montreat.

Shannon

Hamlet

Shannon is a small unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, between Birmingham and northwest Hoover named after John James Shannon, a mine operator. A post office first opened under the name Shannon in 1915. Shannon is situated 4 miles west of Montreat.

Montreat

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

33.41344° or 33° 24′ 48″ north

Longitude

-86.80138° or 86° 48′ 5″ west

Elevation

643 feet (196 metres)

Open location code

865MC57X+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153361055

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4076835

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