Sulligent City Park
Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
James Greer Bankhead House · Photo: Alex Bush, HABS photographer · Public domainC−Outdoors
Outdoors in Sulligent
Few parks or trails are on the map in Sulligent
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 26 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents. 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Sulligent, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 7.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.8 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
26 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
22%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Sulligent have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sulligent is ahead of 23% 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 Sulligent’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (26 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 23%
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Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Sulligent’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Sulligent. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Biking & 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
2Tennis
1Football
1Basketball
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).
James Greer Bankhead HouseBuilding · listed 1975
About itWhen to get out
May is the best month for walking in Sulligent
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) | 53 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.9 |
September is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sulligent →
Questions about parks and trails in Sulligent
How much of Sulligent 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 Sulligent’s trails?
Sulligent City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sulligent?
53 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sulligent or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sulligent have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Sulligent 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 →