Fort-Hammond-Willis House · Photo: Blastoids · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Hardwick
0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Hardwick, 0.1 per square mile of land. 54% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 35 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #173 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hardwick?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hardwick have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hardwick is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #173 of 264 in Georgia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hardwick’s 1% is ahead of 31% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 39% 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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28 conserved acres
1% of Hardwick’s land. Who manages Hardwick’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockerly Arboretum Local Recreation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 28 | Open |
2 places to go in Hardwick
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.
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hardwick: 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 | 93 | 91 | 86 | 77 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
October is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hardwick →
Hardwick and its neighbors
Hardwick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick | 1% | 0.1 | 10 | 54% | C |
| Milledgeville | 3% | 0.8 | 25 | 47% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hardwick
How much of Hardwick 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.
Is there public land near Hardwick?
2,774 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hardwick or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hardwick have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #173 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 Hardwick 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 →