Castleberry Park
Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Eclectic
Few parks or trails are on the map in Eclectic
41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
21 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
41%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Eclectic have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Eclectic is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Eclectic’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (21 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home41% 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 16%
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Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Eclectic’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Eclectic. 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 D 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
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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.
Aaron Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Eclectic: 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 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 86 | 77 | 66 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Eclectic →
Questions about parks and trails in Eclectic
How much of Eclectic 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 Eclectic’s trails?
Castleberry Park and Aaron Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Eclectic?
4,546 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Eclectic or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Eclectic have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Eclectic 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 →