Dorchester Academy Boys' Dormitory · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Midway
1% of Midway’s land is conserved, about 48 acres. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Midway, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Midway?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Midway have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Midway is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Midway’s 1% is ahead of 37% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 34% 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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48 conserved acres
1% of Midway’s land. Who manages Midway’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 48 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
6 places to go in Midway
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Midway: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
November is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Midway →
Questions about parks and trails in Midway
How much of Midway 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 Midway?
15,352 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Midway or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Midway have?
Ahead of 9% 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 Midway 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 →