Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Forsyth
0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Forsyth, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Forsyth’s land is conserved, about 84 acres. 82 acres are parks and preserves, 18 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #149 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Forsyth?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Forsyth have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Forsyth is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #149 of 264 in Georgia. 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 Forsyth’s 1% is ahead of 43% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 22% 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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84 conserved acres
1% of Forsyth’s land. Who manages Forsyth’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County Rec Sports Complex Local Recreation Area | County | 70 | Open |
| County Club Park Local Park | County | 9 | Open |
| Kynette Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Milledge Circle Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Forsyth
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 campground without a name on the map.
0.3 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.
6 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 Forsyth: 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 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 76 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
May is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.8 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Forsyth →
Questions about parks and trails in Forsyth
How much of Forsyth is conserved land?
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.
Where can I bike in Forsyth?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Forsyth?
12,363 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Forsyth or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 82 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Forsyth have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #149 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 Forsyth 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 →