Janney Furnace Park
Park
15 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Janney Furnace · Photo: dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Ohatchee
Few parks or trails are on the map in Ohatchee
The biggest trail networks: Janney Furnace Park (0.6 mi). 22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Ohatchee, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
5 acres · of 5.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
22%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
719 ft
Point Jones
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ohatchee have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ohatchee is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ohatchee’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land15 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home22% of residents within a half mile of a park · AL 36% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 21%
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Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Ohatchee’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 44% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ohatchee. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Janney Furnace Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
5 conserved acres
under 1% of Ohatchee’s land. Who manages Ohatchee’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources5 ac
Resource Management Area · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 5 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Ohatchee
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Ohatchee
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Peaks in Ohatchee
Point Jones719 ft elevation
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Baseball
1Basketball
1Softball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Janney FurnaceSite · listed 1976
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Ohatchee: 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 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 86 | 76 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.6 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ohatchee →
Questions about parks and trails in Ohatchee
Where can I hike in Ohatchee?
The longest trail networks: Janney Furnace Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Ohatchee 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.
Are dogs allowed on Ohatchee’s trails?
Janney Furnace Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ohatchee?
7,294 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ohatchee or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ohatchee have?
Ahead of 21% 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 Ohatchee neighbors.
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Sources
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 →