#1Chickasaw
Mobile County · 6,166 peopleOutdoors grade, better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #180 of 187 in AL
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Chickasaw, #1 on this list · Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District · Photo: Cecouchman · CC BY-SA 3.0Chickasaw ranks first on outdoors among Alabama’s 187 towns of 2,500+; 6 of the 187 grade A− or better on outdoors nationally.
The Outdoors grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): the share of land conserved and the trail miles per square mile. How grades work
#1Outdoors grade, better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #180 of 187 in AL
Outdoors grade, better than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #28 of 187 in AL
#3Outdoors grade, better than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #181 of 187 in AL
Outdoors grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank (T = tied; 32 towns here); the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
187 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
Chickasaw (Mobile County) ranks first on outdoors among 187 towns, with an A+; Pelham and Anniston follow.
The Outdoors grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): the share of land conserved and the trail miles per square mile. Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a outdoors grade (187 in Alabama). Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Alabama page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.