Few parks or trails are on the map in Arcade
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Arcade. 18% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Arcade have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Arcade is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Arcade’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 11% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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8 conserved acres
under 1% of Arcade’s land. Who manages Arcade’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcade Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 8 | Open |
3 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Arcade: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.8 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Arcade →
Arcade and its neighbors
Arcade has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcade | under 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 18% | D |
| Jefferson | 4% | 0.2 | 11 | 34% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Arcade
How much of Arcade is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Arcade?
2,884 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Arcade or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Arcade have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Arcade neighbors.
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 →