Volunteers’ Favorites!
Many of our volunteers have visited or lived in the area, and have some recommendations for you all to check out!
- Botanical Gardens
- The Summit – good for shopping!
- Birmingham Zoo
- Civil Rights Institute
- Vulcan – good for pictures!
- Oak Mountain State Park – nice trails for hiking
- Ghost Tours – fun way to learn about the history of Birmingham!
- McWane Science Center
- Sidewalk Cinema
- Pizitz Food Hall
- Sloss Furnace Historic Landmark
- Tin Roof – great for live music
Getting Around the City
Public Transportation
Birmingham has a system of buses downtown. The best way to get around using them is to use Google Maps.
Parking
- Sheraton/Westin Birmingham: The Sheraton/Westin has a parking garage available for $28/day.
- Hilton at UAB: The Hilton has a parking garage available for $15/day; rooms booked within our block come with $10 discounted parking.
- First and second floor of the garage can accomodate vans.
- BJCC: All BJCC parking is $20/day (no re-entry). You can find a full parking map for the BJCC here.
- Lots P-4 and P-1 are convenient to our hotel and event.
- Lot P-6 is good for larger vans.