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Red Mountain Park

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Red Mountain Park
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LocationBirmingham, Alabama
Coordinates33°26′43″N 86°51′44″W / 33.4454°N 86.8622°W / 33.4454; -86.8622
Area1,500 acres (610 ha)
Opened2012 (2012)
Managed byRed Mountain Park Foundation
Websiteredmountainpark.org

Red Mountain Park is a 1,500-acre public urban park that encloses a 4.5-mile-long section of Red Mountain, a prominent ridge that passes through Birmingham, Alabama.[1] The woodland park contains closed mines and other artifacts of the city's industrial history. The park is one of the largest urban parks in the United States - about 78% larger than Central Park in New York City.[2]

History

The park is located on land formerly owned by U.S. Steel and devoted to ore mines. The last mine closed in 1971.

Planning for a park on the site began by 2004. In 2005, the Freshwater Land Trust announced a campaign to raise funds to purchase and develop the park, and an organization called the Friends of Red Mountain Park was formed. The initial site was 1,200 acres in size.

In 2006, the Alabama Legislature designated the unfinished project as part of the Alabama state parks system and created the Red Mountain Greenway and Recreational Commission "to own, preserve, restore, maintain and promote the park." In 2007, the legislature designated the commission a state agency with exclusive control over the park and responsibility for its planning and development. The park's master plan received an award from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2012.[3]

The park opened to the public in 2012. By 2016, the park grew from 1,200 to 1,500 acres and added features including a 6-acre off-leash dog park.[4]

Using automated traffic counting equipment, the park staff estimated that the park received about 11,000 visitors per month in 2015.[5]

In 2015, the park briefly employed a herd of goats to help eliminate kudzu, Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), and other invasive plants.[6]

References

  1. ^ Bhamwiki: Red Mountain Park 
  2. ^ "Birmingham community MIXes it up to support Red Mountain Park - Student Media | UAB". www.uab.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  3. ^ AL.com, 2012 Sep 04 
  4. ^ AL.com, 2016 Oct 19 
  5. ^ Red Mountain Park: About the Park 
  6. ^ AL.com, 2015 Oct 21 

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