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Kiokee Baptist ChurchKiokee Baptist Church · Photo: AugustaGALiving · CC BY 2.0
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Outdoors in Appling

Few parks or trails are on the map in Appling

6 acres are parks and preserves, 9.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Appling. 6% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
6 acres · of 8.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
9.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

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

County6 ac
Local Recreation Area · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lonnie Morris Sr. Park
Local Recreation Area
County6Open
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
2Baseball
1Tennis
1Basketball

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Kiokee Baptist ChurchBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Columbia County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Appling: 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)10.210.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.49.9
High (°F)576168768389929086766759
Rain (in)4.03.84.63.03.24.44.14.53.52.73.24.0

October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.6 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Appling →

Questions about parks and trails in Appling

Is there public land near Appling?

27,028 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Appling or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Appling neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →