Pelham is a laid-back neighborhood known for Oak Mountain State Park, with its hiking and mountain biking trails, as well as lake swimming, fishing, and water sports. Big-name rock and country bands play the open-air Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. Interstate 65 and Highway 31, which run through the area, are dotted with large chain stores and restaurants, plus some quaint cafes and comfort food spots

Shelby County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 223,024. The county seat is Columbiana. Its largest city is Alabaster. The county is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796 and again from 1812 to 1816.

Alabama is a southeastern U.S. state that’s home to significant landmarks from the American Civil Rights Movement. The city of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, now a museum, was a protest headquarters in the 1960s. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s church and the Rosa Parks Museum, dedicated to the activist, can be found in the capital of Montgomery.