Adel & Cook Recreation & Parks
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Adel
Adel has 74 acres of parks, 13 for every 1,000 residents
1% of Adel’s land is conserved, about 83 acres. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Adel, 0.1 per square mile of land. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns · #136 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
83 acres · of 8.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
74 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Adel?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Adel have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Adel is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns, #136 of 264 in Georgia. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Adel’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (74 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home66% of residents within a half mile of a park · GA 56% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 49%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Adel’s 1% is ahead of 42% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Adel City Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
83 conserved acres
1% of Adel’s land. Who manages Adel’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County38 ac
Town or city34 ac
Army Corps of Engineers11 ac
Local Recreation Area · 38 acLocal Park · 34 acUnknown Easement · 11 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massee Post Rd. Complex Local Recreation Area | County | 38 | Open |
| Rob Lovett Park Local Park | Town or city | 28 | Open |
| Jim Battle Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
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
8Baseball
4Tennis
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).
When to get out
The best walking months in Adel: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 80 | 70 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
November is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Adel →
Questions about parks and trails in Adel
How much of Adel is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Georgia town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Adel’s trails?
Adel & Cook Recreation & Parks and Adel City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Adel?
1,807 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Adel or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 74 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Adel have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #136 of 264 in Georgia. 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 Adel 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 →