Photo: Haha169 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Oxford
3% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Oxford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Oxford is ahead of 2% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Oxford’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
1.2 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.
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.
The best walking months in Oxford: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 87 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
May is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.9 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Oxford →
Oxford and its neighbors
Oxford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 3% | D− |
| Covington | 5% | 0.1 | 25 | 63% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Oxford
How much of Oxford 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.
Where can I bike in Oxford?
1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Oxford?
3,564 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oxford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Oxford have?
Ahead of 2% 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 Oxford 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 →