Few parks or trails are on the map in Blue Ridge
1% of Blue Ridge’s land is conserved, about 70 acres.
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Blue Ridge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Blue Ridge is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Blue Ridge’s 1% is ahead of 63% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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
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70 conserved acres
1% of Blue Ridge’s land. Who manages Blue Ridge’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 70 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Blue Ridge: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 58 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 78 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.3 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Blue Ridge →
Blue Ridge and its neighbors
Blue Ridge has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Wetumpka | 4% | 0.3 | 36 | 56% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Blue Ridge
How much of Blue Ridge 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.
Is there public land near Blue Ridge?
5,644 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Blue Ridge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Blue Ridge have?
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Blue Ridge 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 →