Chancellor House · Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Harpersville has 6.1 miles of mapped trails, 0.3 for every square mile of land
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 33 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Harpersville’s land is conserved, about 487 acres.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Harpersville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Harpersville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harpersville is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. 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 Harpersville’s 3% is ahead of 82% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 72% 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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487 conserved acres
3% of Harpersville’s land. Who manages Harpersville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 449 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.W. Donahoo Park Local Park | Town or city | 33 | Open |
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 5 | Open |
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Harpersville: 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 | 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 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.4 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Harpersville →
Harpersville and its neighbors
Harpersville has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Harpersville
How much of Harpersville is conserved land?
3% 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 Harpersville?
6,069 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harpersville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Harpersville have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Harpersville 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 →