Few parks or trails are on the map in Leesburg
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Leesburg, 0.1 per square mile of land. 16 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Leesburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Leesburg is ahead of 23% 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 Leesburg’s under 1% is ahead of 25% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 43% 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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17 conserved acres
under 1% of Leesburg’s land. Who manages Leesburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
The best walking months in Leesburg: 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 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 85 | 74 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Leesburg →
Questions about parks and trails in Leesburg
How much of Leesburg 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 Leesburg?
9,814 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leesburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Leesburg have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Leesburg 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 →