Burroughs Neighborhood Park
Managed by Chatham County Parks & Recreation
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
New Ogeechee Missionary Baptist Church · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Georgetown
Georgetown has 8.5 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land
82 acres are parks and preserves, 7.4 per 1,000 residents. 38% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Georgetown’s land is conserved, about 155 acres.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns · #95 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
155 acres · of 8.2 sq mi of land
Trails
8.5 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
82 ac
7.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
38%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.1 mi
2.1 mi lanes
Lakes & rivers
1
3 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Georgetown?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Georgetown have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Georgetown is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #95 of 264 in Georgia. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Georgetown’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (9 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land7.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (82 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home38% 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 49%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 64%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Georgetown’s 3% is ahead of 63% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 92% of them.
Water is 7% of Georgetown’s area (1 of 9 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Ogeechee Farms
Managed by Chatham County Parks & Recreation
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
155 conserved acres
3% of Georgetown’s land. Water is left out: Georgetown has 8.2 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Georgetown’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land78 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits77 ac
State Recreation Area · 78 acConservation Easement · 77 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 77 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 025-003 State Recreation Area | Other state land | 78 | Open |
Things to do
11 places to go in Georgetown
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Georgetown
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Georgetown
3 boat launches without a name on the map.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
2.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
7Tennis
3Basketball
1Multi-sport
1Beach volleyball
1Volleyball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Georgetown: 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 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 86 | 79 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
November is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Georgetown →
Next door
Georgetown and its neighbors
Georgetown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 3% | 1.0 | 7 | 38% | B− |
| Savannah | 7% | 0.9 | 10 | 82% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Georgetown
How much of Georgetown 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.
Are dogs allowed on Georgetown’s trails?
Burroughs Neighborhood Park and Ogeechee Farms don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Georgetown?
2.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.1 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Georgetown?
19,216 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Georgetown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 82 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Georgetown have?
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #95 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 Georgetown 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 →