Outdoors · Jasper

Jasper, AL parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.2% of Jasper is conserved land, roughly 238 acres. There are about 1.5 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jasper, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Jasper outdoors

Conserved land
1.2%
238 of 19,062 acres
Trails
1.5 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
16 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Gamble Avenue Park

Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Memorial Park

Park
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

North Jasper Park

Park
16 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

James L. Fowler Park

Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Jasper
Peach Orchard Hill472 ft elevation
Directions
Academy Hill443 ft elevation
Directions
Coke Oven Hill443 ft elevation
Directions
Water Tank Hill423 ft elevation
Directions
Crump Hill404 ft elevation
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

238 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
152 ac
Town or city
86 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis16
  • Baseball13
  • Basketball1
  • Softball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Jasper

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Recreation Area 152 acLocal Park 76 acLocal Recreation Area 10 ac
Showing 1–10 of 13 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Walker County Public Fishing LakeState Recreation AreaState fish & wildlife152Restricted
Memorial ParkLocal ParkTown or city23Open
Eagle's Point ParkLocal ParkTown or city13Open
A.P. Howell ParkLocal ParkTown or city9Open
Gamble ParkLocal ParkTown or city9Open
North Jasper ParkLocal ParkTown or city7Open
James L Fowler ParkLocal ParkTown or city6Open
Memorial Park NatatoriumLocal Recreation AreaTown or city5Open
Woods, Murphy and Dream Team Ball FieldsLocal Recreation AreaTown or city5Open
James A. Cox ParkLocal ParkTown or city4Open
History

Historic places to visit

New Prospect CemeteryCemetery
Oak Hill CemeteryCemetery
Old City CemeteryCemetery
Samaria CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Jasper's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 28.3-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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