Boyd and Sallie Gilleland House · Photo: Gwringle · CC BY-SA 3.0Dawsonville has 15 miles of mapped trails, 1.6 for every square mile of land
5 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 47% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns · #166 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Dawsonville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Dawsonville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dawsonville is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #166 of 264 in Georgia. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Dawsonville’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% 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.
8 conserved acres
under 1% of Dawsonville’s land. Who manages Dawsonville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson County Park Local Recreation Area | County | 6 | Open |
| Glen Wallace City Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
6 places to go in Dawsonville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Dawsonville: 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 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
September is the driest month (4.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 6.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dawsonville →
Questions about parks and trails in Dawsonville
How much of Dawsonville 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 Dawsonville’s trails?
Veterans Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dawsonville?
45,485 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dawsonville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Dawsonville have?
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #166 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 Dawsonville 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 →