Elam-Camp House · Photo: Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Gordon
53 acres are parks and preserves, 21 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Gordon’s land is conserved, about 52 acres. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Gordon, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 40% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Gordon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gordon is ahead of 40% 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 Gordon’s 2% is ahead of 43% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 27% 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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52 conserved acres
2% of Gordon’s land. Who manages Gordon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkinson/Gordon Recreation Facility Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 39 | Open |
| City of Gordon Rec Facility Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 13 | Open |
1 places to go in Gordon
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 lakes & rivers
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 Gordon: 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) | 58 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 86 | 77 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
October is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gordon →
Gordon and its neighbors
Gordon has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | 2% | 0.1 | 21 | 58% | C+ |
| Ivey | under 1% | 0.2 | 3 | 26% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Gordon
How much of Gordon 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 Gordon?
2,170 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gordon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 53 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Gordon have?
Ahead of 40% 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 Gordon 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 →