South Eighth Avenue City Park
Park
35 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Slpettis · Public domainCOutdoors
Outdoors in Atmore
Atmore has 8.4 miles of mapped trails, 0.4 for every square mile of land
28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 58 acres are parks and preserves, 7.0 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns · #88 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
59 acres · of 21.9 sq mi of land
Trails
8.4 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
58 ac
7.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
28%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Atmore have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Atmore is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #88 of 187 in Alabama. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Atmore’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4BPark land7.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (58 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home28% 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 26%
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Alabama towns of 2,500+ (187)Ahead of 53%
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Atmore’s under 1% is ahead of 25% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 80% of 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
59 conserved acres
under 1% of Atmore’s land. Who manages Atmore’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city53 ac
State natural resources4 ac
State Department of Land2 ac
Local Park · 53 acResource Management Area · 4 acState Other or Unknown · 1 acState Resource Management Area · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Byrne Park Local Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Houston Axory Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 4 | Open |
| Westside Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Fountain State Other or Unknown | State Department of Land | 1 | Unknown |
| Hauss State Forest State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 1 | Restricted |
Things to do
1 places to go in Atmore
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Atmore
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
6Tennis
4Basketball
3Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Atmore Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2021
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Atmore: April and May
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Atmore →
Questions about parks and trails in Atmore
How much of Atmore is conserved land?
under 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 Atmore’s trails?
South Eighth Avenue City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Atmore?
1,595 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Atmore or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 63 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Atmore have?
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #88 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 Atmore 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 →