Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Barnesville
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Barnesville, 0.1 per square mile of land. 76% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 47 acres are parks and preserves, 7.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns · #143 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Barnesville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Barnesville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Barnesville is ahead of 37% of U.S. towns, #143 of 264 in Georgia. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Barnesville’s 3% is ahead of 57% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 21% 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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102 conserved acres
3% of Barnesville’s land. Who manages Barnesville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 53 | Closed |
| Barnesville Lamar Co Rec Dept Local Recreation Area | County | 35 | Open |
| Summersfield Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Barnesville City Pool Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Myles Wimberly Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
1 places to go in Barnesville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Barnesville: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
May is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.0 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Barnesville →
Questions about parks and trails in Barnesville
How much of Barnesville is conserved land?
3% 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 Barnesville?
363 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Barnesville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 47 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Barnesville have?
Ahead of 37% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #143 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 Barnesville 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 →