Grace's Gap Overlook is a 3.9 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Birmingham, Alabama that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Dogs on leash
Hiking
Mountain biking
Nature trips
Walking
Bird watching
Views
Wild flowers
Wildlife
Rocky
Trail through historic Red Mountain Park that leads past old mining buildings and mine shafts to an overlook of Birmingham. Don't forget to stop by the treehouse along the trail near the overlook.
Mon May 18 2020This trail was very busy during the Covid-19 quarantine and you had to wait your turn for viewing the overlook and on the swinging bridge that leads to the tree house platform. The signs were a bit confusing! When you enter the trailhead we stayed to the right. We were turned around on the way out and took an easier trail (road) out.
Sun May 10 2020Good hike, mostly really easy terrain. Some scrambling.
Fri May 01 2020Fri May 01 2020I was impressed by this hike. I had heard lukewarm things about Red Mountain but this hike was varied, with inclines, declines, rocky and woody terrain. Could see it getting fairly muddy after rain, but on a nice day it’s beautiful. There’s some ropes courses off to the side and you’re never too far from civilization so it’s not exactly a secluded getaway and it leans more towards a walk at certain points. But still very enjoyable and really dog friendly. The overlook is both good and bad, the view is marred by industrial buildings and power lines and a road so again this isn’t exactly a wilderness hike. But it’s nice and it’s satisfying. Solid.
Sat Apr 11 2020Great easy hike. Brought the dog with us with no issues at all. The history behind Red Mountain is amazing.
Wed Apr 08 2020Sun Apr 05 2020Solid hike, decent number of people out on the trail system, bring water
Sat Mar 21 2020Great COVID hike
Mon Mar 16 2020Confirmed, no corona virus on that trail.
Mon Mar 09 2020Nice hike with Summer and Erin. Cool tree swing bridge. Lookout wasn’t the best, but overall a pleasant hike.
Sun Jan 26 2020Dog friendly trail with plenty of room to pass the other pups, trail is clay so water logged in areas even when it hasn’t rained in several. Neat walkover bridge at the top!
Sat Jan 25 2020Great trail that end at a dramatic and beautiful view of Birmingham. Took a different route than map, adding trail#5 which adds complexity.
Sun Jan 12 2020Easy to moderate hike with historic mines along the way. The route featured really wide trails which became more interesting at times. Great overlook with views of the city.
Sun Dec 08 2019All the trails on Red Mountain are really nice. The only issue we had was that we noticed quite a number of “trail brownies” laying around. If your going to bring your dog with you, pick up after them. People want to look at the scenery, not have to look out for what your dog left behind.
Sun Oct 20 2019I really like the Ike Matson Trail and the Ridge trail. The rest kinda felt like a road walk
Mon Sep 02 2019nice trail. great view at the end.
Sat Aug 24 2019Super clean with friendly staff
Sat Aug 17 2019Part of this route is the wide “road” type trails circling this park. But the other half is typical trails. Just enough elevation for a quick morning excursion. Pretty view of downtown Birmingham at the overlook.
Fri Jul 26 2019not a challenge as most of is old mining trails and rail beds...nice over all
Sat Feb 16 2019Parking was crowed but there are so many trails that it was not crowded once we started hiking. Interesting area, trails were easy and well marked. Lots of trails crisscrossing did get a little confusing. Trails are numbered so paper map would help. Good area for exercise if you live nearby
Sun Feb 10 2019Easy afternoon walk thru the woods with my bride. Talking and dreaming of Colorado.
Sun Feb 03 2019Hiked this trail last weekend and enjoyed every minute of it! We planned on only doing the 4 mile hike on the other side of the park and ended up at Grace’s Gap Overlook making it a total of 10 miles! We will definitely be back!
Sun Feb 03 2019Great park with awesome trails. All the trails are well maintained and tons of old mining buildings and mines to check out
Fri Dec 21 2018awesome area, well maintained trails and a ton of cute activity areas for kids. Not too bad of a walk up to the overlook, but a little muddy today! bring some good boots:)
Fri Oct 19 2018pick this trail up during the eureka mine trail.
Sun Sep 16 2018Nice hike, good views of downtown Bham
Wed Sep 12 2018Mostly just old mining roads. There are some incredibly interesting things in the park. Old mines, confidence courses, tree houses with swinging bridges. The cutoff trails are really nice but the main “trails” are lots of gravel road walking.
