Quarry's Edge Park
Managed by Spalding County
48 acres3.2 mi of trail
Black LoopBlue LoopGreen Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Griffin
Griffin has 14 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land
The biggest trail networks: Quarry's Edge Park (3.2 mi), Airport Road Park (0.9 mi). 160 acres are parks and preserves, 6.7 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Griffin’s land is conserved, about 148 acres.
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns · #83 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
148 acres · of 14.0 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
1.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
160 ac
6.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
68%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Griffin?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Griffin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Griffin is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns, #83 of 264 in Georgia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Griffin’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails1.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (14 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land6.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (160 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home68% of residents within a half mile of a park · GA 56% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 52%
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Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 69%
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Griffin’s 2% is ahead of 46% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 92% 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 3.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Airport Road Park
Park
13 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
City Park
Managed by City of Griffin
36 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
Quarry's Edge Park48 acres · 3.2 mi of trail · Spalding County
DirectionsAirport Road Park13 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Volunteer Park18 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
DirectionsCity Park36 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Griffin
DirectionsVeterans Memorial Park "The Flame"1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Dundee Park7 acres · Spalding County
Who protects it
148 conserved acres
2% of Griffin’s land. Who manages Griffin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County83 ac
Town or city57 ac
Joint8 ac
Local Park · 135 acLocal Recreation Area · 13 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 53 | Open |
| Thomaston Mills Park Local Park | County | 33 | Open |
| Airport Road Park Local Park | County | 16 | Open |
| Volunteer Park Local Recreation Area | County | 13 | Open |
| Fairmont Park Local Park | Joint | 12 | Open |
| Dundee Park Local Park | County | 9 | Open |
| First Christian Park Local Park | County | 6 | Open |
| Raymond Head Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Senior Center Park Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
| Turner Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Griffin
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Griffin
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
4 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.6 miUnpaved · 4.2 mi
Kiwanis Mountain Bike Trail3.3 mi
Black Loop1.5 mi
Blue Loop0.8 mi
Green Loop0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.3 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
14Tennis
11Baseball
3Soccer
1Skate park
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →13 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.
Mills HouseBuilding · listed 1972
About itOld Medical College Historical AreaBuilding · listed 1972
About itPritchard-Moore-Goodrich HouseBuilding · listed 1973
About itBailey-Tebault HouseBuilding · listed 1973
About itHawkes LibraryBuilding · listed 1973
About itHill-Kurtz HouseBuilding · listed 1973
About itSam Bailey BuildingBuilding · listed 1973
About itMills House and SmokehouseBuilding · listed 1980
About itGriffin Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1988
About itSt. George's Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 1994
About itSpalding County Courthouse-Spalding County JailBuilding · listed 2000
About itMarian ApartmentsBuilding · listed 2007
About it1 more on the History page.
When to get out
The best walking months in Griffin: 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 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 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 Griffin →
Next door
Griffin and its neighbors
Griffin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin | 2% | 1.0 | 7 | 68% | B− |
| Experiment | under 1% | 0.8 | 15 | 43% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Griffin
Where can I hike in Griffin?
The longest trail networks: Quarry's Edge Park, 3.2 miles; Airport Road Park, 0.9 miles; Volunteer Park, 0.3 miles; City Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Griffin 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.
Are dogs allowed on Griffin’s trails?
Quarry's Edge Park and Airport Road Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Griffin?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Griffin?
848 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Griffin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 160 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Griffin have?
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #83 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 Griffin 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 →