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About Gardendale, AL

Gardendale is a Birmingham suburb in north Jefferson County, easily reached via I-65 Exit 271 about 15 miles from downtown. The city sits in the Appalachian foothills with a population around 16,500. Most visitors arrive from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, 25 miles southeast. The community was named for the vegetable gardens early settlers grew in the area's fertile soil.

Where is Gardendale, AL on the map?

Gardendale, AL is in United States, at 33.668, -86.807 - about 22 km west of Pinson, AL.

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The closest airport to Gardendale, AL is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, 22 km (about 29 min by car).

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