Arab City Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Arab
Arab has 108 acres of parks, 12 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Arab. 41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Arab’s land is conserved, about 100 acres.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #99 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
100 acres · of 13.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
108 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
41%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Arab have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Arab is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #99 of 187 in Alabama. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Arab’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (108 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home41% of residents within a half mile of a park · AL 36% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 23%
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Alabama towns of 2,500+ (187)Ahead of 47%
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Arab’s 1% is ahead of 56% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Arab. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
100 conserved acres
1% of Arab’s land. Who manages Arab’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city100 ac
Local Park · 73 acLocal Recreation Area · 27 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab City Park Local Park | Town or city | 73 | Open |
| Thompson Eidson Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 27 | Open |
Things to do
7 places to go in Arab
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Arab
Arab Swimming Pool
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Arab
Arab City Park Playground
DirectionsPlus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.9 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
10Baseball
6Tennis
3Soccer
3Football
3Tracks
2Basketball
2Pickleball
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Arab: April to June
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Arab →
Questions about parks and trails in Arab
How much of Arab is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 1% for an Alabama town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Arab’s trails?
Arab City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Arab?
0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Arab?
2,985 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Arab or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 108 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Arab have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #99 of 187 in Alabama. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Arab neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →