Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Evergreen has 88 acres of parks, 26 for every 1,000 residents
4% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Evergreen, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #97 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Evergreen?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Evergreen have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Evergreen is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #97 of 187 in Alabama. Park acres per resident 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 Evergreen’s 1% is ahead of 41% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% 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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85 conserved acres
1% of Evergreen’s land. Who manages Evergreen’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Municipal Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 85 | Open |
2 places to go in Evergreen
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 dog parks without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 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.
3 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 Evergreen: 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 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Evergreen →
Questions about parks and trails in Evergreen
How much of Evergreen 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 Evergreen?
268 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Evergreen or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 88 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Evergreen have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #97 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 Evergreen 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 →