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About Helena, AL

Helena is a Birmingham suburb in Shelby County, about 20 miles southeast via I-65 Exit 242 and Highway 261. The city of 22,000 sits in Alabama's rolling hills with easy highway access to Montgomery and other state destinations. Helena hosts the popular Buck Creek Festival each May in its historic downtown.

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Helena, AL is in United States, at 33.284, -86.879 - about 18 km south-west of Hoover, AL.

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The closest airport to Helena, AL is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, 47 km (about 45 min by car).

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