Mountain Park has 67 acres of parks, 5.2 for every 1,000 residents
44% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Mountain Park’s land is conserved, about 63 acres. 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Mountain Park, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #155 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mountain Park have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mountain Park is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #155 of 264 in Georgia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mountain Park’s 2% is ahead of 47% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% 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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63 conserved acres
2% of Mountain Park’s land. Who manages Mountain Park’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Park Park Local Recreation Area | County | 43 | Open |
| Mountain Park Aqautic Center Local Recreation Area | County | 18 | Open |
| Stone Mountain Park State Recreation Area | Land trusts & nonprofits | 1 | Open |
4 places to go in Mountain Park
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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.
The best walking months in Mountain Park: April to June
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.0 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mountain Park →
Mountain Park and its neighbors
Mountain Park has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Mountain Park
How much of Mountain Park 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.
Is there public land near Mountain Park?
10,168 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mountain Park or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 67 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mountain Park have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #155 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 Mountain Park 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 →