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Guyton Historic DistrictGuyton Historic District · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Guyton

Guyton has 20 acres of parks, 7.3 for every 1,000 residents

0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Guyton, 0.2 per square mile of land. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns · #205 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
6 acres · of 3.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
7.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Guyton have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Guyton is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #205 of 264 in Georgia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Guyton’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
LessMore
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (264)Ahead of 22%

Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Guyton’s under 1% is ahead of 9% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Guyton. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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.

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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.

Guyton Community ball fields

Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Guyton Pilgrim Methodist Walk Trail

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Guyton Community Playground

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

under 1% of Guyton’s land. Who manages Guyton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County6 ac
Local Recreation Area · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Guyton Ballpark
Local Recreation Area
County6Open
Biking & sports

0.7 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 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.

History →
Guyton Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1982
About it
New Hope AME ChurchBuilding · listed 1986
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Guyton: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.211.011.912.913.814.314.113.312.311.310.410.0
High (°F)616571788590929186797063
Rain (in)3.73.53.63.23.55.75.75.84.23.22.63.4

November is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Guyton →

Questions about parks and trails in Guyton

How much of Guyton is conserved land?

under 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.

Are dogs allowed on Guyton’s trails?

Guyton Community ball fields and Guyton Pilgrim Methodist Walk Trail don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Guyton?

0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Guyton?

2,475 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Guyton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Guyton have?

Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #205 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 Guyton neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →