Cleveland Family Recreation Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Cleveland
Few parks or trails are on the map in Cleveland
25% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 19 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents. 2.7 miles of mapped trail cross Cleveland, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 7.9 sq mi of land
Trails
2.7 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
19 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
25%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
833 ft
Flat Top
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cleveland have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cleveland is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cleveland’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (19 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home25% 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 30%
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Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Cleveland’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 78% of 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
3 conserved acres
under 1% of Cleveland’s land. Who manages Cleveland’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources3 ac
Resource Management Area · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 3 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Cleveland
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cleveland
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Peaks in Cleveland
Flat Top833 ft elevation
DirectionsBrowns Mountain738 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & 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
4Softball
3Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Swann Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1981
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Cleveland: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 64 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.6 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cleveland →
Questions about parks and trails in Cleveland
How much of Cleveland 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 Cleveland’s trails?
Cleveland Family Recreation Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cleveland?
1,206 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cleveland or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 23 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cleveland have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Cleveland 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 →