Few parks or trails are on the map in Level Plains
7 acres are parks and preserves, 4.0 per 1,000 residents. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Level Plains have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Level Plains is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Level Plains’ under 1% is ahead of 21% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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7 conserved acres
under 1% of Level Plains’ land. Who manages Level Plains’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obetus J Waters Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
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 Level Plains: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 79 | 70 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Level Plains →
Questions about parks and trails in Level Plains
How much of Level Plains 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 Level Plains?
822 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Level Plains or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Level Plains have?
Ahead of 12% 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 Level Plains 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 →