Metropolitan Alabama Voyage Tips and guide

Metropolitan Alabama is the central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. As the name suggests, Metropolitan Alabama is home to Alabama's biggest urban area, the Birmingham metropolitan area, but also includes other towns and rural areas.

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Map of Metropolitan Alabama

• 33.525-86.8131 Birmingham - the largest city in Alabama
• 33.766072-85.8843892 Alexandria
• 33.661111-85.8333333 Anniston
• 33.401667-86.9544444 Bessemer - site of much of Alabama's 20th-century steel industry; in decline since the 1960s
• 33.27806-86.3555 Childersburg
• 32.83861-86.629446 Clanton
• 32.84056-87.88757 Eutaw
• 34.01-86.0102788 Gadsden - Noccalula Falls and Lookout Mountain
• 33.64889-85.58759 Heflin
• 33.468306-86.80814610 Homewood - a suburb south of Birmingham; home of Samford University
• 33.386389-86.80511 Hoover - another Birmingham suburb
• 33.815766-85.76046712 Jacksonville
• 33.842347-87.27717413 Jasper
• 33.304581-86.7846214 Pelham
• 33.17216-86.2515215 Sylacauga
• 33.434722-86.10138916 Talladega
• 33.20654-87.53460717 Tuscaloosa - home to The University of Alabama, former state capital, Mercedes Benz USI, several museums, and Dreamland BBQ

• 32.9708-85.73831 Horseshoe Bend National Military Park - In the spring of 1814, General Andrew Jackson and an army of 3,300 men attacked 1,000 Upper Creek warriors on the Tallapoosa River. Over 800 Upper Creeks died defending their homeland.

Interstates 65, 20, and 59, and US routes 31, 43, 11, 280, 78, and 278 lead into Metropolitan Alabama. This is the best way to get in.

Birmingham International Airport in Birmingham serves Metropolitan Alabama.

Amtrak's Crescent line has daily stops in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Anniston.