Crawford-Dorsey House and Cemetery · Photo: Timkemp · CC BY-SA 3.06% of Lovejoy’s land is conserved: 113 acres
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 122 acres are parks and preserves, 11 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns · #100 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lovejoy?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lovejoy have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lovejoy is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns, #100 of 264 in Georgia. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Lovejoy’s 6% is ahead of 86% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 4% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Green Park
113 conserved acres
6% of Lovejoy’s land. Who manages Lovejoy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huie Land Application Facility Local Conservation Area | County | 77 | Open |
| Lovejoy Park Local Recreation Area | County | 20 | Open |
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Mayor's Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Open Air Mart Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Green Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
3 places to go in Lovejoy
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Lovejoy: 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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
October is the driest month (3.4 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 Lovejoy →
Lovejoy and its neighbors
Lovejoy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovejoy | 6% | under 0.1 | 11 | 94% | B− |
| Bonanza | 3% | 0.7 | 8 | 99%+ | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lovejoy
How much of Lovejoy is conserved land?
6% 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 Lovejoy’s trails?
Lovejoy Regional Park and Green Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lovejoy?
7,944 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lovejoy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 122 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Lovejoy have?
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #100 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 Lovejoy 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 →