1
Gulf State Park
Managed by Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State Parks Division
829 acres1.5 mi of trail
Boardwalk
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Orange Beach
Orange Beach, AL parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.7% of Orange Beach is conserved land, roughly 780 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Gulf State Park (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Orange Beach, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Orange Beach outdoors
Conserved land
7.7%
780 of 10,157 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
93 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.6 mi
8.9 mi lanes · 5.7 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
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.
2
Waterfront Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
3
Common Area
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Edward H Carroll Sr Kids Park
Park
2 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.
Public pools in Orange Beach
Bumper Boats
East Pool
North Pool
South Pool
West Pool
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 8.2 mi
- Boardwalk0.4 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
780 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes8.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis76
- Baseball9
- Basketball5
- Pickleball4
- Soccer3
- Beach volleyball2
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Orange Beach
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 768 acLocal Park 11 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf State ParkState Park | State parks | 768 | Open |
| Orange Beach Waterfront ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Josephine ParkLocal Park | County | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Blue MarlinMonument
Orange Beach Community CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Orange Beach and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Beach | 7.7% | 11.5 mi | 4 |
| Gulf Shores | 20.1% | 7.9 mi | 7 |
| Foley | 0.5% | 12.9 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Orange Beach'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 22.5-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.