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Vestavia Hills Parks & Rec
4.7 ★★★★★ 197 Google reviews · Running trail in Vestavia Hills, Alabama · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
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- Shape
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- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Vestavia Hills Parks & Rec's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Kid-friendly space with ball diamonds and basketball facilities, plus a playground.
What runners say about Vestavia Hills Parks & Rec
“It's clean and there's plenty places for parents to sit and see their children no matter where they are in the park.”
It is a nice park. Lot of area to play sports and exercise. Many people use the track to run along. They have tennis courts and baseball fiends. There is also a playground located there where you can take your children.
Its very beautiful, very well equipped with state of the art swings and designer jungle gym, thats what attracted my kids. Its got a big ground with basket ball court etc but you gotta walk a steep downward slope if you're parked by the swings/jungle gym to get to the ground area.
Vestavia Hills park this is a really nice new ballfields. everything there looked to be in good shape it's new so It doesn't have all the wear and tear of a lot of ball fields. Vestavia hills looks like they hit a home run with this ball park. Only four ball fields but they are really nice.
Excellent park with venues for swimming (olympic sized pool), biking, hiking, baseball, pickleball, tennis and others. Baseball grouping has all artificial surfaces and excellent netting to protect from foul balls.
Trail conditions & character
“Its got a big ground with basket ball court etc but you gotta walk a steep downward slope if you're parked by the swings/jungle gym to get to the ground area.”
“The picnic tables also are right there by the parking so when they were thirsty I had put stuff on the table to drink/ eat.”
“There is some covered places to sit and a restroom by the park.”
“The water fountains don't work, but they may be shut off for the winter.”
Plan your run at Vestavia Hills Parks & Rec
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms, water — reported by runners
- Websitevhal.org
- Phone(205) 978-0166
- Social Facebook
Hours
| Monday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
| Saturday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
| Sunday | 8 AM–7:30 PM |
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