Water Works Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
United States Post Office-Baxley, Georgia · Photo: Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Baxley
Few parks or trails are on the map in Baxley
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Baxley. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Baxley’s land is conserved, about 59 acres.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #228 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
59 acres · of 8.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
27 ac
5.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
44%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Baxley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Baxley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Baxley is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #228 of 264 in Georgia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Baxley’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land5.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (27 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home44% of residents within a half mile of a park · GA 56% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 18%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 14%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Baxley’s 1% is ahead of 33% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Baxley. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be C−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
59 conserved acres
1% of Baxley’s land. Who manages Baxley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers35 ac
Town or city18 ac
County9 ac
Unknown Easement · 32 acLocal Park · 18 acLocal Recreation Area · 9 acConservation Area · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 29 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Recreational Park Local Park | Town or city | 16 | Open |
| City Pool And Rec Complex Local Recreation Area | County | 9 | Open |
| Appling County Satellite Center Conservation Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 3 | Closed |
| Water Works Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
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
11Tennis
3Baseball
1Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Baxley
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 91 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 79 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
November is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Baxley →
Questions about parks and trails in Baxley
How much of Baxley 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 Baxley’s trails?
Water Works Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Baxley?
6,156 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Baxley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 27 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Baxley have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #228 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 Baxley neighbors.
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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 →