Freedom Riders National Monument
Alabama
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
7.2 h fully dark
Open today
Open
Entrance
Free entry
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
The historic Anniston Greyhound Bus Depot, located at 1031 Gurnee Avenue. This is the Greyhound Depot the Freedom Riders attempted to integrate on May 14, 1961.
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 205-568-3963
✉ frri_information@nps.govConditions
Weather now: 🌦️ Drizzle, 82°F
🌦️ 85°/72°
☁️ 87°/72°
🌦️ 92°/71°
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Things to do
Explore the Freedom Riders Story
Junior Ranger
Drive Through Anniston Civil Rights History
Visitor centers
Anniston Greyhound Bus Depot
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
Accessibility
8 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Parking
Greyhound Bus Burn Site
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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Trail difficulty
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3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Freedom Riders National Monument — each spans a cross-park journey.
Diane Judith Nash (b. 1938)
— Black Womanhood Series, Women's History, Civil Rights HistoryPassport stamps
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🎫 Anniston Greyhound Bus Depot
🎫 Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
🎫 Greyhound Bus Depot
Places to see
Alabama: Freedom Riders National Monument
Anniston Trailways Station
audio
Greyhound Bus Burning Site
audio
Greyhound Bus Depot
audio
Greyhound Bus Mural
audio
Noble Street Park
audio
Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County
audio
West 15th Street Historic District
audio
Zinn Park
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Learn more
Meet Kia Hill, the secretary for the superintendent of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument and the Freedom Riders National Monument in Alabama. Before landing this job, Kia was an intern and a park ranger at Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. Learn more about Kia’s journey to the National Park Service and her passion for storytelling and being a role model for Black youth.
The national capital area’s everyday people contributed to the overall success of the modern Civil Rights Movement. From students to pastors, lawyers to teachers, parents and every-day people planned efforts between the 1950s to the 1960s to eliminate segregation and the discrimination.
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