About this campground
The 1954 wing of the A.G. Gaston Motel, including the visitor center, is temporarily closed. The A.G. Gaston Motel served as the headquarters for the Birmingham campaign. In April through May of 1963 civil rights leaders, including Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., took up residence at the motel where they strategized and made critical decisions about the non-violent campaign that targeted Birmingham’s segregation laws and practices. Several key events of the campaign publicly unfolded at the property.
Getting there
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument encompasses roughly four city blocks in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Seven sites are affiliated with the National Monument - The Historic Bethel Baptist Church, St. Paul United Methodist Church, 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Kelly Ingram Park, the Masonic Temple Building (within the 4th Avenue Business District) and the AG Gaston Motel. The only site not within walking distance is The Historic Bethel Baptist Church.
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Temporary Visitor Center (Birmingham Civil Rights Institute)Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument0 mi
- BURCHFIELD BRANCH PARKBlack Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes33 mi
- Rocky Branch Day Use ParkBlack Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes38 mi
- DEERLICK CREEKBlack Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes40 mi
- Lake VirginiaNational Forests in Alabama43 mi
- Little Lake WillsNational Forests in Alabama43 mi
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A.G. Gaston Motel (Temporarily Closed) doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby Alabama campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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