Photo: Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Pembroke
5 acres are parks and preserves, 1.7 per 1,000 residents. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Pembroke, 0.1 per square mile of land. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #250 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Pembroke have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pembroke is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #250 of 264 in Georgia. 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 Pembroke’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% 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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4 conserved acres
under 1% of Pembroke’s land. Who manages Pembroke’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke Recreation Department Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
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.
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 Pembroke: 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 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
November is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.9 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pembroke →
Questions about parks and trails in Pembroke
How much of Pembroke 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.
Is there public land near Pembroke?
482 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pembroke or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Pembroke have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #250 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 Pembroke 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 →