Photo: DwayneP · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Collinsville
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Collinsville, 0.1 per square mile of land. 25 acres are parks and preserves, 14 per 1,000 residents. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Collinsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Collinsville is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Collinsville’s 1% is ahead of 48% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 51% 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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17 conserved acres
1% of Collinsville’s land. Who manages Collinsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collinsville Town South Par Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 17 | Open |
1 places to go in Collinsville
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 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Collinsville: 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) | 51 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 84 | 74 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Collinsville →
Questions about parks and trails in Collinsville
How much of Collinsville is conserved land?
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.
Is there public land near Collinsville?
4,010 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Collinsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Collinsville have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Collinsville 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 →