City of Mountain Brook

City of Mountain Brook is a locality in Jefferson, Alabama. City of Mountain Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet Glencoe, as well as near the neighborhood Dunbarton Oaks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Birmingham Zoo.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Park

Photo: AuburnPilot, Public domain.

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens is 67.5-acre of botanical gardens located adjacent to Lane Park at the southern foot of Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Birmingham Botanical Gardens is situated 2 miles west of City of Mountain Brook.

Birmingham Zoo

Zoo

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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 2 miles west of City of Mountain Brook.

Lane Park

Park

Lane Park is a large park located in Birmingham, Alabama. The park is home to the Birmingham Zoo and the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The park is located between Mountain Brook and Homewood on the southern slope of Red Mountain and is adjacent to U.S. Highway 280. Lane Park is situated 2½ miles west of City of Mountain Brook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Homewood and Mountain Brook.

Homewood

Photo: Sweetmoose6, Public domain.

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

Mountain Brook

Town

Photo: Robert Donovan, CC BY 2.0.

Mountain Brook is a city located in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, and a suburb of Birmingham. Its population at the 2020 census was 22,461.

Vestavia Hills

Town

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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 southwest of City of Mountain Brook.

City of Mountain Brook

Type: Locality with 20,400 residents
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.487° or 33° 29′ 13″ north

Longitude

-86.7401° or 86° 44′ 25″ west

Population

20,400

Elevation

965 feet (294 metres)

Open location code

865MF7P5+RW

GeoNames ID

7169937

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Localities in the Area

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