William Madison Otey House · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Meridianville
10 acres are parks and preserves, 0.9 per 1,000 residents. 13% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Meridianville, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #128 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
How much outdoors does Meridianville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Meridianville is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #128 of 187 in Alabama. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Meridianville’s 3% is ahead of 82% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 44% 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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335 conserved acres
3% of Meridianville’s land. Who manages Meridianville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 305 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. 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 | 21 | Open |
| Meridianville Athletic Association Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Lions Club Park Local Park | County | 8 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Meridianville: 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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 6.3 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 6.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Meridianville →
Questions about parks and trails in Meridianville
How much of Meridianville 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 Meridianville?
6,375 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Meridianville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 30 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Meridianville have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #128 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 Meridianville 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 →