Ball Ground Historic District · Photo: Thomson200 · CC0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ball Ground
20 acres are parks and preserves, 6.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Ball Ground, 0.1 per square mile of land. 38% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns · #222 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ball Ground have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ball Ground is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #222 of 264 in Georgia. 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 Ball Ground’s 1% is ahead of 21% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 32% 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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Lions Club Field
Ball Ground City Park
24 conserved acres
1% of Ball Ground’s land. Who manages Ball Ground’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Farmer Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Ball Ground Cemetery Local Other or Unknown | Other or Unknown Local Government | 6 | Unknown |
| City Park Local Park | County | 5 | Open |
| Lions Field Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Ball Ground Greenspace Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Ball Ground Elementary Local Recreation Area | County | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Ball Ground
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Ball Ground: April to June
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) | 51 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 72 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ball Ground →
Questions about parks and trails in Ball Ground
How much of Ball Ground 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 Ball Ground’s trails?
Calvin Farmer Park and Lions Club Field don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Ball Ground?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Ball Ground?
22,480 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ball Ground or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ball Ground have?
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #222 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 Ball Ground 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 →