Sam R. Murphy Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
818 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Guin
9% of Guin’s land is conserved: 819 acres
19% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Guin, 0.1 per square mile of land. 28 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
9%
819 acres · of 15.0 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
28 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
19%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Guin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Guin is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Guin’s overall grade.
Conserved land9% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (28 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home19% 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 36%
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Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Guin’s 9% is ahead of 93% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 37% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Guin Hayden Riley Park
Park
27 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
819 conserved acres
9% of Guin’s land. Who manages Guin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife819 ac
Private Conservation · 819 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam R. Murphy Wildlife Management Area Private Conservation | State fish & wildlife | 819 | Restricted |
Things to do
1 places to go in Guin
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Guin
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
1Football
1Baseball
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Guin
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 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
September is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Guin →
Questions about parks and trails in Guin
Where can I hike in Guin?
The longest trail networks: Guin Hayden Riley Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Guin is conserved land?
9% 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 Guin’s trails?
Sam R. Murphy Wildlife Management Area and Guin Hayden Riley Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Guin?
456 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Guin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Guin have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Guin 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 →