We are pleased to announce a major milestone in Red Mountain Park’s story: a large part of Red Mountain Park will be opening to the public very soon! Over 10 miles of trails and roughly half the park’s acreage will be open seven days a week for you and your family and friends to enjoy! This is great news, and we are thankful for everyone who has made this a reality! As of December 28, 2011 the trail signs are in production. We don’t have a firm date yet, but when we get the trail signs installed we’ll have a “soft opening” of these beautiful trails.
Parts of the park will remain closed for construction of new roads, more trails, and exciting guest amenities, so we have even more to look forward to. But in the meantime, the entire eastern end of the park — the part where we’ve been hiking and enjoying ourselves for the last few years — will be open to the public. The Friends of RMP are currently helping the Park Staff install trail markers and guideposts, and construction of a parking lot is underway. We will have a firm date to announce shortly, with lots of great events surrounding the opening. This is a huge step forward, and we hope everyone plans on making a trip to Red Mountain Park !
Check out a great article plus pictures and video from Tom Spencer at the Birmingham News here:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/09/alabamas_red_mountain_park_pla.html