Few parks or trails are on the map in Brook Highland
4 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Brook Highland, 0.1 per square mile of land. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #135 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
How much outdoors does Brook Highland have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brook Highland is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #135 of 187 in Alabama. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Brook Highland’s under 1% is ahead of 28% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% 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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8 conserved acres
under 1% of Brook Highland’s land. Who manages Brook Highland’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 8 | Open |
1 places to go in Brook Highland
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
3 lakes & rivers
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.
The best walking months in Brook Highland: 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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 86 | 76 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.5 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brook Highland →
Brook Highland and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Highland | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 48% | C− |
| Birmingham | 4% | 0.5 | 22 | 77% | B+ |
| Hoover | 2% | 0.8 | 9 | 58% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brook Highland
How much of Brook Highland 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 Brook Highland’s trails?
Edenton Park West and Edenton don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Brook Highland?
14,474 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brook Highland or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brook Highland have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #135 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 Brook Highland 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 →