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This is a '''list of Birmingham parks''', made up of those dedicated by the [[Birmingham City Council]]. Once a park is dedicated, the land can no longer be sold or the space used for any other purpose unless approved in a voter referendum. Action by the council requires a survey of the proposed park land along with other documentation.
This is a '''list of Birmingham parks''', made up of those dedicated as public parks by the [[Birmingham City Council]]. Once a park is dedicated, the land can no longer be sold or the space used for any other purpose unless approved in a voter referendum. Action by the council requires a survey of the proposed park land along with other documentation. Except for some parks which operate under agreement with independent boards or organizations, the parks are managed by the [[Birmingham Park and Recreation Board]] and maintained by the [[Birmingham Department of Public Works]].


==Planned==
By [[1958]] the Department maintained 65 city parks covering more than 1,200 acres. By [[1994]] there were almost 100 named parks, but only seven had been formally dedicated. A number of others were nominally protected by the terms of sale or a bequest, but the degree of protection depended on how the deeds were worded. A developer's [[1990]] proposal to build houses on [[Altamont Park]] led to a public outcry, which resulted in its formal dedication to the public. Following that controversy, the park board undertook a planning process. Many of Birmingham's parks were rededicated under an amended ordinance in [[2000]]. The new ordinance required property surveys, deeds, and council records to be kept on file in the City Clerk's office.
* [[Railroad Reservation Park]]
* [[Red Mountain Park]]


==Dedicated 2006==
In [[2018]] the Trust for Public Land credited Birmingham with having 3,979 acres of dedicated park land in 118 parks.
* [[East Brownville Park]]
* [[West Brownville Park]]
* [[Grasselli Heights Park]]
* [[Tarpley City Park]]
* [[West Goldwire Park]]


==Rededicated 2000==
==Public parks==
Numerous Birmingham parks were rededicated under an amended ordinance in [[2000]]. The new ordinance required property surveys, deeds, and council records to be kept on file in the City Clerk's office.
===District parks===
* [[Avondale Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Bradford Park|Tom Bradford Park]]
* [[Cooper Green Park]]
* [[East Lake Park]]
* [[Ensley Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Fountain Heights Park]]
* [[North Birmingham Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Roosevelt City Park]]
* [[George Ward Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[M. E. Wiggins Park]]


* [[Altamont Park]]
===Special parks===
* [[Avondale Park]]
* [[Arlington Antebellum House & Gardens]]
* [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]] (within [[Lane Park]])
* [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]] ([[Lane Park]])
* [[Brother Bryan Park]]
* [[Birmingham CrossPlex]]
* [[Caldwell Park]] ([[Highland Avenue]])
* [[Don Hawkins Park|Don A. Hawkins Park]] ([[Roebuck-Hawkins Park]]
* [[City Park]] ([[Elder Street]])
* [[Highland Golf Course]]
* [[Clairmont Park]]
* [[Huffman Park]] ([[Huffman Softball Park]])
* [[Crestwood Park]]
* [[Inglenook Park]]
* [[Alma Dennis Park]]
* [[Kelly Ingram Park]], planned in 1872, acquired in 1883, rededicated in 2000
* [[Elder Street Nature Park]]
* [[Lawson Field]]
* [[Eldorado Park]] ([[Old Springville Road]])
* [[Linn Park]] ([[Linn Park|Charles Linn Park]], formerly Central Park, Capitol Park and Woodrow Wilson Park), planned in 1872, acquired in 1883, rededicated in 2000
* [[Ensley Park]]
* [[Lowery Park]]
* [[Bessie Estell Park]]
* [[Lynn Park]]
* [[Exchange Park]] (formerly [[Shadyside Park]]), [[Pike Road]] & [[Avenue W]]
* [[McLendon Park]] ([[Legion Field]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Fairview Park]] ([[Avenue Y]] and [[29th Street]])
* [[One Pratt Park]], completed October 2019
* [[Hanover Park]]
* [[Railroad Park]], completed September 2010
* [[Erskine Hawkins Park]]
* [[Rickwood Field]]
* [[Highlands Park]] (formerly [[Charlie Boswell Golf Course]])
* [[Vulcan Park]]
* [[Hooper City Park]]
* [[Wahouma Park]] (formerly Lewis Park)
* [[Howze-Sanford Park]] (formerly [[Pratt City Park]])
* [[Jimmy Hudson Park]]
* [[Kelly Ingram Park]]
* [[Key Circle]]
* [[Lane Park]] (site of [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]] and [[Birmingham Zoo]])
* [[Beulah Lewis Park]] ([[66th Street]] and [[Interlaken Avenue]])
* [[Linn Park|Charles Linn Park]]
* [[William L. McAlpine Park]]
* [[McLendon Park]] ([[Graymont Avenue]])
* [[John McMahon Park]]
* [[Marconi Park]] (near [[Park Place]])
* [[North Birmingham Park]]
* [[Phelan Park]]
* [[Pratt City Park]]
* [[Erskine Ramsay Park I]] ([[Argyle Road]])
* [[Erskine Ramsay Park II]] ([[Montclair Road]])
* [[Rhodes Park]] ([[Highland Avenue]])
* [[Rushton Park|William Rushton Park]] ([[Highland Avenue]])
* [[Sherman Heights Park]]
* [[Tuxedo Park]]
* [[Tuxedo Heights Park]]
* [[Underwood Park]]
* [[Valley View Park]]
* [[George Ward Park]] ([[Greensprings Highway]])
* [[West Cooper Green Park]] ([[Flora Avenue]])
* [[Woodward Park]] ([[McMillan Avenue]] and [[14th Street Southwest]])
 
==Dedicated 1999==
* [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]]


==Other==
===Other parks===
* [[Alabama Veterans Memorial Park]]
* [[Altamont Park]], purchased 1921, rededicated in 1990s
* [[Avondale Park]]
* [[Barker Park]], [[Druid Hills]]
* [[Birmingham City Park]]
* [[Birmingham City Park]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #3]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #3]]
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* [[Birmingham City Park #36]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #36]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #39]]
* [[Birmingham City Park #39]]
* [[Tom Bradford Park]]
* [[Hugo Black Park]], dedicated [[1985]]
* [[Brother Bryan Park]]
* [[Wess Bocker Park]]
* [[Caldwell Park]]
* [[Brother Bryan Park]], formerly [[Magnolia Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Caldwell Park]] ([[Highland Avenue]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Central Park]]
* [[Central Park]]
* [[Clayton Park|George Clayton Acipco Park]] (dedicated [[November 16]], [[1952]])
* [[City Park]] ([[Elder Street]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Clairmont Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Clayton Park|George Clayton Acipco Park]], dedicated [[November 16]], [[1952]]
* [[Crestline Park]]
* [[Crestline Park]]
* [[Crestline Tot Lot]]
* [[Crestline Tot Lot]]
* [[A. Dennis Park]]
* [[Crestwood Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Downey Park]]
* [[Alma Dennis Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[East Lake Park]]
* [[Downey Park]], 1951, relocated in 1973
* [[Eldorado Park]]
* [[East Brownville Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Ellsberry Park]]
* [[Elder Street Nature Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Eldorado Park]] ([[Old Springville Road]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Julius Ellsberry Park]]
* [[Jenny Justo Park]], [[Killough Springs]]
* [[Elyton Park]]
* [[Elyton Park]]
* [[Ensley Park]]
* [[Bessie Estell Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Exchange Park]]
* [[Exchange Park]] (formerly [[Shadyside Park]]), [[Pike Road]] & [[Avenue W]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Fairview Park]]
* [[Fairview Park]] ([[Avenue Y]] and [[29th Street]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Fountain Heights Park]]
* [[Germania Park]]
* [[Glen Iris Park]]
* [[Glen Iris Park]]
* [[Grayson Park]]
* [[Grasselli Heights Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Green Acres Park]]
* [[Claude Grayson Park]], [[Killough Springs]]
* [[Greenwood Park]], opened [[2012]]
* [[Samuel Hairston Baseball Complex]]
* [[Samuel Hairston Baseball Complex]]
* [[Harris Park]]
* [[Hanover Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Harriman Park]], 4345-4347 [[F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive]] in the [[Harriman Park neighborhood]]
* [[Harris Park]], [[Ensley Highlands]]
* [[Harrison Park]]
* [[Harrison Park]]
* [[Huffman Softball Park]]
* [[Erskine Hawkins Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Hugo Black Park]], dedicated [[1985]]
* [[Highland Park]] (formerly [[Charley Boswell Golf Course]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Kelly Ingram Park]]
* [[Hooper City Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Jordan Park]]
* [[Howze-Sanford Park]] (dedicated 1969, rededicated in 2000
* [[Jimmie Hudson Park]], [[Pratt Highway]] and [[Blount Street]], [[Sandusky]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]], dedicated [[1999]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Martin Luther King Jr Park]]
* [[Key Circle]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Lane Park]]
* [[Lane Park]]
* [[Lewis Park]]
* [[Beulah Lewis Park]] ([[66th Street]] and [[Interlaken Avenue]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Linn Park]]
* [[Lowery Park]]
* [[Lynn Park]]
* [[Maclin Park]]
* [[Maclin Park]]
* [[Marconi Park]]
* [[Marconi Park]] (formerly "East Park", at [[Park Place Apartments]]) planned in 1872, acquired in 1883, rededicated in 2000
* [[McClendon Park]]
* [[McAlpine Park|William L. McAlpine Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[John McMahon Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Memorial Park]]
* [[Memorial Park]]
* [[North Birmingham Park]]
* [[Norwood Park]]
* [[Norwood Park]]
* [[Overton Park (Birmingham)|Overton Park]]
* [[W. C. Patton Park]]
* [[W. C. Patton Park]]
* [[Phelan Park]]
* [[Phelan Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Powderly Park]]
* [[Powderly Park]]
* [[Pratt City Park]]
* [[Pratt City Park]], dedicated 1913, rededicated in 2000
* [[Ramsay Park]]
* [[Erskine Ramsay Park I]] ([[Argyle Road]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Rhodes Park]]
* [[Erskine Ramsay Park II]] ([[Montclair Road]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Roosevelt City Park]]
* [[Rozelle Reynolds Memorial park]], formerly [[Green Acres Park]], 6126 [[Avenue O]], [[Green Acres neighborhood|Green Acres]]
* [[Ruffner Mountain Park]]
* [[Rhodes Park]] ([[Highland Avenue]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Rushton Park]]
* [[Rotary Trail]]
* [[Rushton Park|William Rushton Park]] ([[Highland Avenue]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Sandridge Park]]
* [[Sandridge Park]]
* [[Sherman Heights Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Arthur Shores Park]]
* [[Arthur Shores Park]]
* [[Dorothy Spears Park]]
* [[Dorothy Spears Park]] (formerly [[East Thomas Park]]), [[East Thomas]]
* [[Spring Water Park]]
* [[Spring Water Park]], [[Sherman Heights]]
* [[Tarpley Park]]
* [[Stockham Park]], [[Kingston]]
* [[Tarpley City Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Triangle Park]]
* [[Triangle Park]]
* [[Tuxedo Park]]
* [[Tuxedo Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Underwood Park]]
* [[Tuxedo Heights Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Wahouma Park]]
* [[Underwood Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[George Ward Park]]
* [[Valley View Park]], rededicated in 2000
* [[Wess Bocker Park]]
* [[West Brownville Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Wiggins Park]]
* [[West Cooper Green Park]] ([[Flora Avenue]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[West Goldwire Park]], dedicated [[2006]]
* [[Willow Wood Park]]
* [[Willow Wood Park]]
* [[Woodward Park]]
* [[Woodward Park]] ([[McMillon Avenue]] and [[14th Street Southwest]]), rededicated in 2000
* [[Wylam Hills Park]]
* [[Wylam Hills Park]]
* [[Wylam Park]]
* [[Wylam Park]]
* [[Vulcan Park]]
 
* [[Vulcan Trail]]
==Parks owned by the city and managed by other parties==
* [[Birmingham Zoo]] ([[Lane Park]]), operated by [[Birmingham Zoo Inc.]] since [[1999]]
* [[Railroad Park]], opened [[2010]], operated by the [[Friends of the Railroad District]]
* [[Vulcan Park]]/[[Vulcan Trail]], operated by the [[Vulcan Park Foundation]] since [[1999]]
 
==Parks partially owned by the city and managed by other parties==
* [[Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve]], operated by the [[Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition]]
 
==Public parks in the city of Birmingham, owned and managed by other parties==
* [[Alabama Veterans Memorial Park]]
* [[Lake Purdy]], owned and managed by the [[Birmingham Water Works Board]]
* [[Red Mountain Park]], owned and operated by the [[Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Area Commission]]
* [[UAB Campus Green]]
* [[UAB Pocket Park]]


==Former parks==
==Former parks==
* [[Behren's Park]]/[[Mortimer Jordan Park]], sold to [[UAB]] and used for [[Young Memorial Field]]
* [[Lakeview Park]], closed by [[1900]]
* [[Lakeview Park]], closed by [[1900]]
* [[Mineral Spring]]s Park]], dedicated [[1924]], land swapped with [[Birmingham Board of Education]] for construction of [[Carver High School]].
* [[Linn's Park]]
* [[Mineral Springs Park]], established by [[North Birmingham]] in [[1886]]. Dedicated by Birmingham in [[1924]], became [[North Birmingham Golf Course]] in [[1926]]. Land swapped with [[Birmingham Board of Education]] for construction of [[Carver High School]].
* [[South Roebuck Park]], closed since [[1999]].
* [[South Roebuck Park]], closed since [[1999]].


==References==
==References==
* Howell, Vickii (January 26, 2000) "Council rededicates 28 parks." ''Birmingham News''.
* "Birmingham's Parks (March 14, 1896) {{BN}}, p. 20
* Blackledge, Brett J. (March 8, 2000) "City Council dedicates 17 more parks." ''Birmingham News''.
* Hulen, Tara & Melanie Jones (July 27, 1994) "[https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16044coll5/id/1813 Many of them aren't deeded or dedicated]" {{BN}} - via {{BPLDC}}
* Howell, Vicki (January 26, 2000) "Council rededicates 28 parks." {{BN}}
* Blackledge, Brett J. (March 8, 2000) "City Council dedicates 17 more parks." {{BN}}
 
==External links==
* [https://www.birminghamal.gov/parks-and-recreation/parks/ City Parks] at birminghamal.gov


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Latest revision as of 14:41, 23 April 2022

This is a list of Birmingham parks, made up of those dedicated as public parks by the Birmingham City Council. Once a park is dedicated, the land can no longer be sold or the space used for any other purpose unless approved in a voter referendum. Action by the council requires a survey of the proposed park land along with other documentation. Except for some parks which operate under agreement with independent boards or organizations, the parks are managed by the Birmingham Park and Recreation Board and maintained by the Birmingham Department of Public Works.

By 1958 the Department maintained 65 city parks covering more than 1,200 acres. By 1994 there were almost 100 named parks, but only seven had been formally dedicated. A number of others were nominally protected by the terms of sale or a bequest, but the degree of protection depended on how the deeds were worded. A developer's 1990 proposal to build houses on Altamont Park led to a public outcry, which resulted in its formal dedication to the public. Following that controversy, the park board undertook a planning process. Many of Birmingham's parks were rededicated under an amended ordinance in 2000. The new ordinance required property surveys, deeds, and council records to be kept on file in the City Clerk's office.

In 2018 the Trust for Public Land credited Birmingham with having 3,979 acres of dedicated park land in 118 parks.

Public parks

District parks

Special parks

Other parks

Parks owned by the city and managed by other parties

Parks partially owned by the city and managed by other parties

Public parks in the city of Birmingham, owned and managed by other parties

Former parks

References

External links

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