Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Edison
30 acres are parks and preserves, 22 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Edison, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Edison’s land is conserved, about 29 acres.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Edison have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Edison is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Edison’s 2% is ahead of 48% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% 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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29 conserved acres
2% of Edison’s land. Who manages Edison’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation Park Local Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| James Gibson Sports Center Local Park | Town or city | 6 | 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Edison: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Edison →
Questions about parks and trails in Edison
How much of Edison is conserved land?
2% 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.
Is there public land near Edison?
31 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Edison or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 30 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Edison have?
Ahead of 45% 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 Edison 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 →