Barker Park
Barker Park is a park in Jefferson, Alabama which is located on 13th Avenue North. Barker Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Norwood, as well as near Fountain Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Protective Stadium and Birmingham Museum of Art.
Protective Stadium
Stadium
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Protective Stadium is an outdoor multi-purpose stadium located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It is owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority.
Birmingham Museum of Art
Museum
The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama. Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American.
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oak Hill Cemetery, located just north of downtown, is Birmingham, Alabama's oldest cemetery. Originally 21.5 acres on the southern slopes of Red Mountain, now Lane Park, for the burial of paupers, thereby ending the use of Oak Hill's "Potter's Field".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birmingham and Avondale.
Birmingham
Photo: Patrick Cain, CC BY 3.0.
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama, and its cultural and economic nucleus. While it's best remembered as the site of protest, bombings, and other racial tumult during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, visitors to the Birmingham of today will find a pleasant green city of ridges, valleys, attractive views, and friendly, hospitable people.
Avondale
Neighborhood
Avondale was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama in Jefferson County. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887. Avondale is situated 2 miles east of Barker Park.
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 2½ miles southwest of Barker Park.
Barker Park
- Type: Park
- Address: 2215 13th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.52987° or 33° 31′ 48″ northLongitude
-86.8112° or 86° 48′ 40″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Operator
Birmingham Park and RecreationOpen location code
865MG5HQ+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 966088733OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4831403
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