Old Jail · Photo: Mthunter58 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Gordo
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Gordo, 0.1 per square mile of land. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 26 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gordo have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gordo is ahead of 18% 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 Gordo’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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).
May is the best month for walking in Gordo
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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 83 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.7 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gordo →
Questions about parks and trails in Gordo
How much of Gordo 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 Gordo’s trails?
Gordo Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Gordo?
6,390 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gordo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Gordo have?
Ahead of 18% 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 Gordo 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 →