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Outdoors in Weaver

Few parks or trails are on the map in Weaver

13 acres are parks and preserves, 4.0 per 1,000 residents. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #156 of 187 in Alabama. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
13 acres · of 3.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
4.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
30%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.9 mi
1.9 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Weaver have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Weaver is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #156 of 187 in Alabama. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Weaver’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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Alabama towns of 2,500+ (187)Ahead of 17%

Few Alabama towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Weaver’s 1% is ahead of 33% of Alabama towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Weaver. 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.

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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.

Raymond C. Elwell Park

Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

13 conserved acres

1% of Weaver’s land. Who manages Weaver’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city13 ac
Local Park · 13 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Raymond C Elwell Park
Local Park
Town or city13Open
Things to do

3 places to go in Weaver

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Weaver

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

1.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Baseball
1Football
1Softball
1Basketball
1Tennis
1Skate park

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Weaver: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.49.9
High (°F)545966758187909085756556
Rain (in)5.15.15.44.64.24.64.53.93.53.34.44.9

October is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.4 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Weaver →

Next door

Weaver and its neighbors

Weaver has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Weaver1%under 0.1430%D
Anniston19%2.018951%A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Weaver

How much of Weaver 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 Weaver’s trails?

Raymond C. Elwell Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Weaver?

1.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Weaver?

22,189 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Weaver or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Weaver have?

Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #156 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 Weaver 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 →