Riverwood

Riverwood is a neighborhood in Shelby, Alabama. Riverwood is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Horne, as well as near the neighborhood Altadena Woods.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Summit.

The Summit

Commercial area

Photo: Hkeely, CC BY 4.0.

The Summit, which opened in October 1997, is a 1 million square foot upscale lifestyle center located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Interstate 459 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, between the suburbs of Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills. The Summit is situated 2½ miles north of Riverwood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inverness and Meadowbrook.

Inverness

Hamlet

Photo: halytech, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Inverness is a former census-designated place and now neighborhood within Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It derives from a Scottish city of the same name. Inverness is situated 1½ miles east of Riverwood.

Meadowbrook

Village

Meadowbrook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 9,688. It is part of the Birmingham metropolitan area. Meadowbrook is situated 2½ miles east of Riverwood.

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 4 miles northwest of Riverwood.

Riverwood

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

33.41316° or 33° 24′ 47″ north

Longitude

-86.73804° or 86° 44′ 17″ west

Elevation

541 feet (165 metres)

Open location code

865MC776+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153466363

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4086264

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