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Welcome to Shades Run ...

Shades Run is located in Jefferson County<1>.

Shades Run is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shades Run lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Shades Run: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Shades Run ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shades Run.

  • Birmingham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hoover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoover is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoover <4>
  • Vestavia Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alabaster
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bessemer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Homewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pelham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Helena
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Brook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Calera
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shades Run. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shades Run.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shades Run. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shades Run.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shades Run. See our Newspapers Page for Shades Run.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shades Run ...

Looking for more information about Shades Run? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Shades Run, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shades Run.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shades Run - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Shades Run area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Shades Run area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.