Quarry's Edge Park
Managed by Spalding County
43 acres2.4 mi of trail
Blue LoopGreen Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Experiment
Few parks or trails are on the map in Experiment
2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Experiment, 0.8 per square mile of land. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 49 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns · #122 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 3.0 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
49 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
43%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Experiment?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Experiment have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Experiment is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns, #122 of 264 in Georgia. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Experiment’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land15 acres of park per 1,000 residents (49 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to home43% of residents within a half mile of a park · GA 56% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 42%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 54%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Experiment’s under 1% is ahead of 8% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C 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 Quarry's Edge Park, with 2.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
4 conserved acres
under 1% of Experiment’s land. Who manages Experiment’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County4 ac
Local Park · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Stephens Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
| Dundee Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
2 named trails
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.4 miUnpaved · 2.4 mi
Blue Loop1.1 mi
Green Loop0.9 mi
When to get out
The best walking months in Experiment: 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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
May is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.0 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Experiment →
Next door
Experiment and its neighbors
Experiment has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experiment | under 1% | 0.8 | 15 | 43% | C+ |
| Griffin | 2% | 1.0 | 7 | 68% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Experiment
Where can I hike in Experiment?
The longest trail networks: Quarry's Edge Park, 2.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Experiment 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 Experiment’s trails?
Quarry's Edge Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Experiment?
844 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Experiment or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 49 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Experiment have?
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #122 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 Experiment 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 →