Valley Grande Park
Park
56 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Valley Creek Presbyterian Church · Photo: Bjwetherbee · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Valley Grande
Valley Grande has 69 acres of parks, 17 for every 1,000 residents
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.8 miles of mapped trail cross Valley Grande, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns · #115 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
124 acres · of 33.5 sq mi of land
Trails
2.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
69 ac
17 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
3%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
6
What kind of outdoors town is Valley Grande?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Valley Grande have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Valley Grande is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #115 of 187 in Alabama. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Valley Grande’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical AL town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · AL 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land17 acres of park per 1,000 residents (69 acres) · AL 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home3% 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 20%
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Alabama towns of 2,500+ (187)Ahead of 39%
Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Valley Grande’s 1% is ahead of 35% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 40% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Valley Grande. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
124 conserved acres
1% of Valley Grande’s land. Who manages Valley Grande’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city65 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)59 ac
Local Park · 65 acConservation Easement · 59 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 59 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 65 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail and 6 lakes & rivers
Named trails
County Road 8240.6 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Baseball
1Equestrian
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Valley Grande: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.5 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Valley Grande →
Next door
Valley Grande and its neighbors
Valley Grande has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Grande | 1% | 0.1 | 17 | 3% | C− |
| Selma | 6% | 0.1 | 14 | 60% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Valley Grande
How much of Valley Grande 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 Valley Grande’s trails?
Valley Grande Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Valley Grande?
14,372 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Valley Grande or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 69 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Valley Grande have?
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #115 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 Valley Grande 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 →