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Anne & Dad Hike at Red Mountain Park, Birmingham, AL
April 6, 2012 ~ approximately 4 miles
According to the information on the map of Red Mountain Park, the park "currently consists of 1,200 acres, stretching four-and-one-half miles along the ridges and hollows of Red Mountain...This area of Red Mountain was mined between 1863 and 1962...The mines were a source of iron ore for the production of armament that helped win two World Wars. Red Mountain was also an integral part of the buildings and bridges that are the skyline of American cities and the transportation systems that connect them."
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| Dad at start of trail ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Kiosk in park | Trail |
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| Informational sign | Replicated tram bridge | Multiflora Rose ~ introduced, invasive plant |
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| Walls of old structure (possibly a power station?) | Click on image for trail sign detail | Old bridge |
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| Another view of the old bridge | Unusual fungus ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Stay Off Structures warning sign Click on photo for larger image. |
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| Old structure ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Fungus on a log | Japanese Honeysuckle |
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| View from Grace's gap ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Dad | Anne |
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| Cairn | Spiderwort | Spiderwort ~ Click on photo for larger image. |
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| View at gap away from city~ Click on photo for larger image. | Low hop clover ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Hazardous to Leave the Trail warning sign Click on photo for larger image. |
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| Blossoms of the princess tree, also called Royal Paulownia, an introduced tree that is invasive in some areas. | Paulownia in the canopy. Click on photo for larger image. |
Unstable Rock & Ground warning sign Click on photo for larger image. |
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| A giant dandelion | Daisy Fleabane ~ Click on photo for larger image. | Start of the zipline |
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| Zipline training | Zipline training | Zipline |
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| Zipline still under construction | Trail | Dad at end of the trail |
For More Information
Red Mountain Park ~ http://www.redmountainpark.org/
Trail Map ~ http://www.redmountainpark.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/RMPMapFinal.pdf
Princess Tree or Royal Paulownia, Paulownia tomentosa ~ http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=pato2
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Photos in header: Niagara Falls; Big Sur, CA; Golden Gate Bridge, CA; Sunset on the Baltic Sea;
Virginia Creeper Trail, VA; Emerald Lake, Yukon, Canada; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Sunset on the Pacific; Triple Falls at
DuPont Forest, NC.
Header Photo Credits: All Anne S. Napier except Niagara Falls by Herman Stubblefield.
Photos by Anne S. Napier
Updated August 16, 2013