Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Bay Minette has 10 miles of mapped trails, 0.6 for every square mile of land
54 acres are parks and preserves, 6.5 per 1,000 residents. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #55 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
How much outdoors does Bay Minette have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bay Minette is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #55 of 187 in Alabama. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bay Minette’s under 1% is ahead of 22% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Bay Minette Municipal Pool Comple
Blackburn park
44 conserved acres
under 1% of Bay Minette’s land. Who manages Bay Minette’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| George B Halliday Park Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Ulmer Park Local Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Kids Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Blackburn Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
12 places to go in Bay Minette
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 public pools without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Bay Minette: 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 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 80 | 70 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
October is the driest month (4.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bay Minette →
Questions about parks and trails in Bay Minette
How much of Bay Minette 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 Bay Minette’s trails?
Halliday Park and Bay Minette Municipal Pool Comple don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bay Minette?
6,479 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bay Minette or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 54 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bay Minette have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #55 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 Bay Minette neighbors.
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 →