Shades Creek

Shades Creek is a 56.4 mile-long stream running southwest through Shades Valley to the Cahaba River near the Shelby County/Bibb County line.

Shades Creek starts near the Birmingham Race Course and runs through Irondale, Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Hoover, and Bessemer. The Black Warrior/Cahaba River Land Trust has purchased several acres of land along the creek, primarily behind Wildwood Shopping Center and in Shannon for permanent conservation. Homewood is building the Shades Creek Greenway along the waterway to connect Jemison Park with West Homewood Park.

Sites along Shades Creek

Starting upstream (from the north):

• Jemison Park
• Brookwood Village
• Shades Creek Greenway
• Homewood High School
• Wildwood Shopping Center

Streets running alongside Shades Creek

• Mountain Brook Parkway
• Shades Creek Parkway
• Lakeshore Drive
• Shannon Oxmoor Road

Major roads crossing Shades Creek

Starting upstream (from the north):

• Highway 280
• Independence Drive (Highway 31)
• Columbiana Road
• Interstate 65
• West Oxmoor Road
• State Route 150
• Interstate 459

References

• Cahaba Tributaries at the Rivers of Alabama web site
• Greenway Walking Trail at the Homewood Chamber of Commerce web site