Pyle-Davis House · Photo: Melsner4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Demorest has 4 acres of parks, 1.6 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Demorest. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Demorest?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Demorest have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Demorest is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Demorest’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 16% 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.
3 conserved acres
under 1% of Demorest’s land. Who manages Demorest’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demorest Springs Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
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 map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Demorest: 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 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 62 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.1 |
May is the driest month (4.6 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 Demorest →
Questions about parks and trails in Demorest
How much of Demorest 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 Demorest’s trails?
Demorest Springs Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Demorest?
39,124 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Demorest or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Demorest have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Demorest 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 →