McCrary House · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Moores Mill
9 acres are parks and preserves, 1.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Moores Mill, 0.1 per square mile of land. 34% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #119 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
How much outdoors does Moores Mill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Moores Mill is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #119 of 187 in Alabama. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Moores Mill’s 3% is ahead of 79% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 37% 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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248 conserved acres
3% of Moores Mill’s land. Who manages Moores Mill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 214 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 | 24 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Moores Mill: 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 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Moores Mill →
Moores Mill and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Mill | 3% | 0.1 | 1 | 34% | C− |
| Meridianville | 3% | 0.1 | 1 | 13% | C− |
| Huntsville | 6% | 0.8 | 41 | 70% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Moores Mill
How much of Moores Mill 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 Moores Mill?
7,202 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Moores Mill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Moores Mill have?
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #119 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 Moores Mill 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 →