Citronelle Railroad Historic District · Photo: Altairisfar (Jeffrey Reed) · CC BY-SA 3.0Citronelle has 49 miles of mapped trails, 1.9 for every square mile of land
583 acres are parks and preserves, 149 per 1,000 residents. 29% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4% of Citronelle’s land is conserved, about 596 acres.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns · #7 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Citronelle?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Citronelle have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Citronelle is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns, #7 of 187 in Alabama. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Citronelle’s 4% is ahead of 82% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 99% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
596 conserved acres
4% of Citronelle’s land. Who manages Citronelle’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citronelle Municpal Park Local Park | Town or city | 325 | Open |
| Mill Creek Golf Course Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 254 | Open |
| Citronelle High School Athletic Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Restricted |
| Davis Park Meeting Center Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Citronelle Recreation Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in Citronelle
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.
1 named trail and 1 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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Citronelle: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Citronelle →
Questions about parks and trails in Citronelle
How much of Citronelle is conserved land?
4% 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 Citronelle’s trails?
Citronelle Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Citronelle?
718 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Citronelle or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 583 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Citronelle have?
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #7 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 Citronelle 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 →