Forest Park
Forest Park is an area in Jefferson, Alabama. Forest Park is situated nearby to the area Avondale Park Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Altamont Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Highland Park Golf Course and Sloss Blast Furnace Site.
Highland Park Golf Course
Golf course
Highland Park Golf Course is a public golf course in Birmingham, Alabama. Established in 1903 as the Country Club of Birmingham, it is the oldest golf course in the state of Alabama.
Sloss Blast Furnace Site
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Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971.
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 south of Forest Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avondale and Mountain Brook.
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.
Mountain Brook
Town
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Mountain Brook is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, and a suburb of Birmingham. Its population at the 2020 census was 22,461.
Birmingham
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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.
Forest Park
- Type: Area
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.51417° or 33° 30′ 51″ northLongitude
-86.76908° or 86° 46′ 9″ westElevation
774 feet (236 metres)Open location code
865MG67J+M9GeoNames ID
11496735
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