Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Cleveland
5 acres are parks and preserves, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Cleveland, 0.1 per square mile of land. 29% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #252 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Cleveland have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cleveland is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #252 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 Cleveland’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 19% 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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5 conserved acres
under 1% of Cleveland’s land. Who manages Cleveland’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmen of the World City Park Private Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Freedom Park Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
0.8 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Cleveland: April to June and August
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 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
September is the driest month (4.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 6.4 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cleveland →
Questions about parks and trails in Cleveland
How much of Cleveland 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.
Where can I bike in Cleveland?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Cleveland?
26,597 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cleveland or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cleveland have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #252 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 Cleveland 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 →