Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Bridgeport
6% of Bridgeport’s land is conserved, about 170 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Bridgeport, 0.1 per square mile of land. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Bridgeport have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bridgeport is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bridgeport’s 6% is ahead of 90% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 43% 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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170 conserved acres
6% of Bridgeport’s land. Who manages Bridgeport’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 27 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 185 | Open |
| Guntersville Reservoir Retained Land Federal Other or Unknown | Tennessee Valley Authority | 32 | Unknown |
| Bridgeport Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
7 places to go in Bridgeport
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Bridgeport: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bridgeport →
Bridgeport and its neighbors
Bridgeport 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 6% | 0.1 | 12 | 69% | B− |
| Stevenson | 10% | 0.1 | 85 | 32% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bridgeport
How much of Bridgeport is conserved land?
6% 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 Bridgeport?
13,964 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bridgeport or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 121 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bridgeport have?
Ahead of 49% 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 Bridgeport 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 →