Alex Howell Baseball Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Robbie Honerkamp · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Blakely
Blakely has 49 acres of parks, 9.3 for every 1,000 residents
0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Blakely. 55% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #213 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
45 acres · of 17.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
49 ac
9.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
55%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Blakely?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Blakely have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Blakely is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #213 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 Blakely’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land9.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (49 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home55% of residents within a half mile of a park · GA 56% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 23%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 19%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Blakely’s under 1% is ahead of 12% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 16% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Blakely. 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 range from C− to 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
45 conserved acres
under 1% of Blakely’s land. Who manages Blakely’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city45 ac
Local Park · 45 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Complex Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Northside Ball Park Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Howell Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Meadowbrook Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Bessie Scott Gymnasium Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Washington Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Blakely
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Blakely
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
5Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Blakely: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Blakely →
Questions about parks and trails in Blakely
How much of Blakely 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.
Are dogs allowed on Blakely’s trails?
Alex Howell Baseball Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Blakely?
3,103 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Blakely or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 49 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Blakely have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #213 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 Blakely 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 →