Few parks or trails are on the map in Fairfield Plantation
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 19% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Fairfield Plantation’s land is conserved, about 89 acres.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #248 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Fairfield Plantation have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairfield Plantation is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #248 of 264 in Georgia. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Fairfield Plantation’s 3% is ahead of 70% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 4% of them.
Water is 9% of Fairfield Plantation’s area (0 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
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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89 conserved acres
3% of Fairfield Plantation’s land. Water is left out: Fairfield Plantation has 4.1 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Fairfield Plantation’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 89 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
2 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Fairfield Plantation: April to June
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 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.4 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fairfield Plantation →
Questions about parks and trails in Fairfield Plantation
How much of Fairfield Plantation is conserved land?
3% 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 Fairfield Plantation?
3,556 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairfield Plantation or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fairfield Plantation have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #248 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 Fairfield Plantation 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 →