Old Pell City Historic District · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Holtville
7% of Holtville’s land is conserved, about 1,007 acres. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Holtville.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #145 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
How much outdoors does Holtville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Holtville is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #145 of 187 in Alabama. Conserved land holds 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 Holtville’s 7% is ahead of 92% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
Water is 14% of Holtville’s area (4 of 25 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 6%.
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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1,007 conserved acres
7% of Holtville’s land. Water is left out: Holtville has 21.6 square miles of land and 3.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Holtville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,007 | Open |
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The best walking months in Holtville: 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 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Holtville →
Questions about parks and trails in Holtville
How much of Holtville is conserved land?
7% 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 Holtville?
5,896 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Holtville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,008 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Holtville have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #145 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 Holtville 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 →