Brookwood Town Park
Park
32 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Brookwood
Few parks or trails are on the map in Brookwood
The biggest trail networks: Brookwood Town Park (0.8 mi). 12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Brookwood, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
10 acres · of 8.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.0 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
31 ac
11 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
12%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Brookwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brookwood is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Brookwood’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land11 acres of park per 1,000 residents (31 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home12% of residents within a half mile of a park · AL 36% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 22%
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Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Brookwood’s under 1% is ahead of 19% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Brookwood. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Brookwood Town Park, with 0.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
10 conserved acres
under 1% of Brookwood’s land. Who manages Brookwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources10 ac
Resource Management Area · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 10 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Brookwood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Brookwood
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
9Baseball
2Tennis
1Volleyball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Brookwood: 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 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 86 | 76 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.7 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brookwood →
Next door
Brookwood and its neighbors
Brookwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood | under 1% | 0.2 | 11 | 12% | C− |
| Tuscaloosa | 3% | 0.9 | 15 | 64% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brookwood
Where can I hike in Brookwood?
The longest trail networks: Brookwood Town Park, 0.8 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Brookwood 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 Brookwood’s trails?
Brookwood Town Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Brookwood?
5,240 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brookwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 39 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Brookwood have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Brookwood 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 →