Rocky Ridge

Rocky Ridge is a hamlet in Jefferson, Alabama. Rocky Ridge is situated nearby to the neighborhood Dolly Ridge Estates, as well as near Ivy Glenn.

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 2½ miles southwest of Rocky Ridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vestavia Hills and Hoover.

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 Rocky Ridge.

Hoover

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.

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 3½ miles east of Rocky Ridge.

Rocky Ridge

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

33.41705° or 33° 25′ 1″ north

Longitude

-86.77304° or 86° 46′ 23″ west

Elevation

535 feet (163 metres)

Open location code

865MC68G+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153810201

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4086821

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