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State Parks

• Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
  240 Furnace Parkway • Birmingham, AL 35035
  Brierfield
  205-665-1856
  Crumbling brick ruins are all that remain of the Brierfield Ironworks, which were destroyed in raids by Union Army cavalry in March 1865. Special events include a reenactment of the Civil War raid, music festivals, country craft fairs, and many holiday events. Cabins and camp sites are available at this state park. more...  map

Golf

• Alpine Bay Golf Club
  9855 Renfroe Road • Birmingham, AL 35014
  Alpine
  256-268-2920
  Alpine Bay, located within the forests adjacent to Lake Logan Martin, provides the golfer with beautiful golf vistas and scenery. The course also has a contemporary clubhouse, lodge and restaurant that provide fun for the whole family.   map

• Bent Brook Golf Course (circa 1988)
  7900 Dickey Springs Road • Birmingham, AL 35023
  205-428-1999
  Transformed from the rolling acres of a dairy farm, this exceptionally beautiful public course has 27 holes with bent grass greens. Bent Brook is a relatively young course with long, well-maintained fairways. Named best public course by Links Magazine in 1991. Enjoy the farmhouse style clubhouse. more...  map

• Don A. Hawkins/Roebuck Municipal (circa 1970)
  8920 Roebuck Boulevard • Birmingham, AL 35206
  205-836-7318
  This public course has 18 holes of golf, enjoyable for the whole family. Water hazards are located thoughout this course and greens are medium size and speed.  map

• Frank House
  801 Golf Course Road • Birmingham, AL 35022
  Bessemer
  205-424-9540
  Another Earl Stone course, this city facility has treelined fairways along sharply bowing hills. Frank House has 18 holes of par three golf.  map

• Green Briar Golf Course
  1130 Morris Majestic Road • Birmingham, AL 35116
  Morris
  205-647-2680
  Developed from pastureland, Green Briar features a challenging layout of wide open par 3's and 4's.   map

• Greystone Country Club
  4100 Greystone Drive • Birmingham, AL 35242
  205-986-5120
  This private, membership-based course is home to the Bruno Memorial Classic-Senior PGA Tour. more...  map

• Meadows Golf Course, The
  1 Plantation Drive • Birmingham, AL 35078
  Harpersville
  205-672-7529
  Enjoy this open golf course with rolling hills and beautiful scenery. Bermuda greens and fairways offer a challenge to all levels of golfers.

• Mountain View Golf Course
  3200 Edgemill Lane • Birmingham, AL 35073
  Located in Graysville
  205-674-8362
  Panoramic views of beautiful Alabama country are visible from every hole. Mountain View's bent grass greens, wide Bermuda-419 fairways and slopes bordering the fairways provide for a pleasurable golf experience.   map

• Oxmoor Valley Golf Course
  100 Sunbelt Parkway • Birmingham, AL 35211
  205-942-1177
  This 54 hole facility is on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. Beautifully sculpted from peaks and valleys of the Appalachians with scenic forests, numerous creeks and challenging elevation changes.   map

• Westside Par 3 and Driving Range
  3501 Cleburn Avenue Southwest • Birmingham, AL 35221
  205-923-2979
  Golf enthusiasts will enjoy this nine-hole executive course. The course and driving range have small well-kept Bermuda surfaces. The layout is flowing and open.   map