A.D. Strickland Store · Photo: JDR4ever · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Chatsworth
41% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Chatsworth, 0.1 per square mile of land. 28 acres are parks and preserves, 5.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns · #226 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Chatsworth?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Chatsworth have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chatsworth is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns, #226 of 264 in Georgia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Chatsworth’s 1% is ahead of 26% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 24% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
25 conserved acres
1% of Chatsworth’s land. Who manages Chatsworth’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth/Murray County Rec Local Recreation Area | County | 25 | Open |
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Chatsworth: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chatsworth →
Questions about parks and trails in Chatsworth
How much of Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth’s trails?
Chatsworth City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Chatsworth?
53,006 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chatsworth or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Chatsworth have?
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #226 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 Chatsworth 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 →