Photo: Ken Ratcliff · CC BY 2.0Lillian has 22 acres of parks, 15 for every 1,000 residents
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Lillian, 0.2 per square mile of land. 4% of Lillian’s land is conserved, about 44 acres.
Ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lillian?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lillian have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lillian is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Lillian’s 4% is ahead of 82% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 59% of them.
Water is 46% of Lillian’s area (2 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
44 conserved acres
4% of Lillian’s land. Water is left out: Lillian has 1.9 square miles of land and 1.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lillian’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 35 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 5 | Open |
| Perdido Bay Recreational Beach Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Kee Avenue Public Access Local Recreation Area | County | 1 | Open |
| Barclay Street Access Local Recreation Area | County | 1 | Open |
| Rester Parkv Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Lillian
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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 Lillian: 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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 70 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
May is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lillian →
Questions about parks and trails in Lillian
How much of Lillian is conserved land?
4% 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 Lillian’s trails?
Lillian Recreational Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lillian?
16,029 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lillian or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 27 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lillian have?
Ahead of 60% 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 Lillian 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 →