Cornelia City Park
Park
29 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Loudermilk Boarding House · Photo: MRX_Rotary · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Cornelia
Cornelia has 37 acres of parks, 7.4 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Cornelia City Park (0.6 mi). 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Cornelia, 0.6 per square mile of land. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #65 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
100 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
37 ac
7.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
Highest peak
1,811 ft
Chenocetah Mountain
What kind of outdoors town is Cornelia?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cornelia have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cornelia is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #65 of 264 in Georgia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cornelia’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land7.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (37 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home69% 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 55%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 76%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cornelia’s 4% is ahead of 73% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 78% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B. 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
The longest trail network is Cornelia City Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Library Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
100 conserved acres
4% of Cornelia’s land. Who manages Cornelia’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service68 ac
Town or city31 ac
National Forest · 68 acLocal Park · 31 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 68 | Open |
| Cornelia City Park Local Park | Town or city | 25 | Open |
| Oak Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Farlinger Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Jim Smith Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Library / Skate Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Irving Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Cornelia
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Peaks in Cornelia
Chenocetah Mountain1,811 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Rhododendron Trail0.2 mi
Carpenters Cove0.1 mi
Biking & sports
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Basketball
2Tennis
1Skate park
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 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 Cornelia: 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 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 61 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
May is the driest month (4.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cornelia →
Questions about parks and trails in Cornelia
Where can I hike in Cornelia?
The longest trail networks: Cornelia City Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Cornelia is conserved land?
4% 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 Cornelia’s trails?
Cornelia City Park and Library Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Cornelia?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Cornelia?
33,662 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cornelia or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 105 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cornelia have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #65 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 Cornelia 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 →