Barneyhood Stadium
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: CarolinePope22 · CC BY-SA 4.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Southside
Few parks or trails are on the map in Southside
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 8% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Southside’s land is conserved, about 132 acres.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns · #173 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
132 acres · of 19.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
8%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Southside have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Southside is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns, #173 of 187 in Alabama. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Southside’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home8% of residents within a half mile of a park · AL 36% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 6%
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Alabama towns of 2,500+ (187)Ahead of 8%
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Southside’s 1% is ahead of 54% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Southside. 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 D. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
132 conserved acres
1% of Southside’s land. Who manages Southside’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources132 ac
Resource Management Area · 132 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned Submerged Lands Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 132 | Open |
When to get out
The best walking months in Southside: 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 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 81 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 75 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Southside →
Questions about parks and trails in Southside
How much of Southside is conserved land?
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 Southside’s trails?
Barneyhood Stadium doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Southside?
6,948 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Southside or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 149 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Southside have?
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #173 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 Southside 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 →