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Butler Municipal BuildingPhoto: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Butler

Few parks or trails are on the map in Butler

27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Butler, 0.2 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
27%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Butler have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Butler is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Butler’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 12%
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Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Butler’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 55% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Butler. 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 D 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
Things to do

1 places to go in Butler

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Butler

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
2Tennis
1Football
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Taylor County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Butler Downtown Historic districtDistrict · listed 2005
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Butler: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.211.011.912.913.814.314.113.312.311.310.410.0
High (°F)586269768489919085776759
Rain (in)4.34.44.73.82.94.45.14.53.62.83.64.9

October is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Butler →

Questions about parks and trails in Butler

How much of Butler 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.

Is there public land near Butler?

44 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Butler or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Butler have?

Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Butler neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →