Few parks or trails are on the map in Grayson Valley
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Grayson Valley, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns · #171 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
How much outdoors does Grayson Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grayson Valley is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns, #171 of 187 in Alabama. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Grayson Valley’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% 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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2 places to go in Grayson Valley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Grayson Valley: 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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Grayson Valley →
Grayson Valley and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Valley | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 22% | D |
| Clay | 2% | 0.1 | 4 | 33% | C− |
| Trussville | 1% | 0.1 | 11 | 26% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Grayson Valley
How much of Grayson Valley 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.
Is there public land near Grayson Valley?
4,051 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grayson Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Grayson Valley have?
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #171 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 Grayson Valley 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 →