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The Cahaba River gurgles through the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and the Cumberland Plateau. The Cahaba is known for its unique species of fish and aquatic plants, like the Redeye Bass and the Cahaba Lily. Just north of the Cahaba is Birmingham, which like the Cahaba, has its own unique features.

Birmingham is one of the South's youngest and most dynamic cities. In the five hours it takes to float the Cahaba from Grant's Mill Road to the bridge on Sicard Hollow Road, you could drive to the white sands of the Gulf Coast. Or, add an hour the other way and you could be in the Great Smokey Mountains.

Blessed with a beautiful terrain and a moderate climate, Birmingham is a big city coated with the hospitality of the South. The people who live in the Birmingham Metropolitan area (just over one million) enjoy a moderate climate. The city's average temperature is 62 degrees, with an average high of 73.6 degrees and an average low of 51.2 degrees.

Five of America's major corporations, as ranked by Forbes and Fortune magazines, have headquarters in Birmingham: AmSouth, Central Bancshares of the South, Inc., Sonat, Inc., and Vulcan Materials Company.

Educational opportunities abound throughout the area. There are five county and ten city school systems, along with 42 private and denominational schools ranging from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. The Alabama School of Fine Arts is the only public, state-supported arts career school in the country. Junior colleges, vocational schools and four business schools are located in the metropolitan area. The Birmingham area is also home to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham-Southern College, Samford University, University of Montevallo, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham School of Law, Southeastern Bible College, Birmingham Baptist Bible College, Easonian Baptist Seminary, Miles College and Falkner University.


Birmingham was founded as a "steel town," the "Pittsburgh of the South." And while steel still plays an important role in the city's economy, it is healing that has been taken to a higher level. The city's competitive medical community has generated achievement and healthcare found in only a few other places. The city boasts 22 hospitals with a combined total of about 6,000 beds in the Birmingham area. Trinity and Baptist
Princeton, two of Baptist Health System's 6-hospital system, along with six other healthcare organizations are ranked among the largest employers in the Birmingham area. BHS maintains a close professional affiliation with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center.

Chronicalling the events of the city and the world are two major daily newspapers, 21 other newspapers (including some lively entertainment publications), 13 magazines, 29 radio stations, seven television stations and several cable companies. The Alabama Educational Network, which has its headquarters in the city, was the first public television system in the nation.


Top entertainment can be found throughout the city and the area. The Museum of Art regularly hosts world-class exhibits. Two major entertainment facilities of note in Birmingham are the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center, a large sports, entertainment and convention/ exhibition complex, and the Oak Mountain Amphitheater which features top name artists of all areas of music. For the historically inclined, Birmingham is home to the Alabama Mining Museum, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame honoring sports figures who were born or competed in Alabama, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Red Mountain Museum and the Southern Museum of Flight. There is also the new Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.

For picnics, hikes and other outdoor activities, there's Oak Mountain State Park, which is the largest in Alabama's state park system and Tannehill Historical State Park, established as a state memorial to Alabama's iron and steel industry.

Also available are Birmingham's Botanical Gardens, the Birmingham Zoo, Meyer Planetarium, McWane Center (museum, theatre and displays dedicated to science, technology and the environment), Visionland (Birmingham's theme and water park) and Red Mountain Museum where visitors see rocks, fossils and minerals representing millions of years of geological history. This geologically interpreted mountain cut is the only one of its kind east of the Grand Canyon.

Birmingham has a wealth of activities for the sports fan. Birmingham is the home of the Barons baseball team, and the Steeldogs Arena Football Team. Birmingham is also headquarters of the Southeastern Conference, the premier athletic league in NCAA sports. Birmingham's Shoal Creek Country Club is regarded as one of the top 15 golf courses in the country. Shoal Creek has hosted the PGA Championship and the U.S. Amateur Championship. Greystone Country Club, adjacent to Shoal Creek, hosts a PGA Champions tournament each year that has become a major sporting event. A number of top notch public courses are located in the area, including Oxmoor Valley, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Nearby Talladega is home to Talladega Super Speedway, the world's fastest speedway, which hosts two NASCAR races each year. For motorcycle racing and the Porsche Driving Experience, look no further than the nearby Barber Motorsports Park.

One of the largest shopping malls in the South, the Riverchase Galleria features a 3.3 million square foot complex of 200 stores and numerous restaurants. A number of other shopping malls are conveniently located around the city.