Few parks or trails are on the map in Baldwin
8% of Baldwin’s land is conserved, about 289 acres. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 1.0 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Baldwin, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #188 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Baldwin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Baldwin is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #188 of 264 in Georgia. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Baldwin’s 8% is ahead of 90% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 22% 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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289 conserved acres
8% of Baldwin’s land. Who manages Baldwin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 283 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Gailey Memorial City Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Purvis Woods Tract Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 3 | Unknown |
The best walking months in Baldwin: April to June and August
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 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
May is the driest month (4.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Baldwin →
Baldwin and its neighbors
Baldwin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | 8% | 0.1 | 1 | 37% | C |
| Cornelia | 4% | 0.6 | 7 | 69% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Baldwin
How much of Baldwin is conserved land?
8% 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 Baldwin?
29,856 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Baldwin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Baldwin have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #188 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 Baldwin 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 →