23% of Creola’s land is conserved: 2,321 acres
59 acres are parks and preserves, 28 per 1,000 residents. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6.3 miles of mapped trail cross Creola, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Creola?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Creola have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Creola is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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 Creola’s 23% is ahead of 98% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 80% of them.
Water is 6% of Creola’s area (1 of 17 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 22%.
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.
River Delta Marina and Campground
2,321 conserved acres
23% of Creola’s land. Water is left out: Creola has 15.7 square miles of land and 1.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Creola’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. L. Holland Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,816 | Restricted |
| Mobile-Tensaw Delta Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 406 | Restricted |
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 27 | Open |
| River Delta Marina & Campground Local Park | County | 25 | Open |
| Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| The Bayou Canot Tract State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 17 | Restricted |
| Gunnison Park Local Park | County | 6 | Open |
1 places to go in Creola
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 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 Creola: 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 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Creola →
Creola and its neighbors
Creola has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Creola
How much of Creola is conserved land?
23% 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 Creola’s trails?
Creola City Park and River Delta Marina and Campground don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Creola?
6,937 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Creola or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 87 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Creola have?
Ahead of 69% 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 Creola 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 →