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Brantley, AlabamaPhoto: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Brantley

Few parks or trails are on the map in Brantley

5% of Brantley’s land is conserved, about 97 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 7.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Brantley, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
97 acres · of 3.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
7.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
78%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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1
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.

Brantley Recreation Park

Managed by City of Brantley
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

97 conserved acres

5% of Brantley’s land. Who manages Brantley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other state land76 ac
State natural resources21 ac
Mitigation Land or Bank · 76 acResource Management Area · 21 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Brantley
Mitigation Land or Bank
Other state land76Closed
State-owned Submerged Lands
Resource Management Area
State natural resources21Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Brantley

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Brantley

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Baseball
2Softball
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Brantley Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2004
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Brantley: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.311.011.912.913.714.214.013.312.311.310.510.1
High (°F)606471788590929188796962
Rain (in)5.34.75.34.63.95.35.55.24.63.44.25.5

October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brantley →

Questions about parks and trails in Brantley

Are dogs allowed on Brantley’s trails?

Brantley Recreation Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Brantley?

340 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brantley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Brantley 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 →