Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Ray City
27 acres are parks and preserves, 31 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Ray City, 0.3 per square mile of land. 57% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Ray City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ray City is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ray City’s 3% is ahead of 70% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% 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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26 conserved acres
3% of Ray City’s land. Who manages Ray City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batterbee Branch Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 26 | Open |
1 places to go in Ray City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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 Ray City: 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 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
November is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ray City →
Questions about parks and trails in Ray City
How much of Ray City is conserved land?
3% 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 Ray City?
8,537 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ray City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 27 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ray City have?
Ahead of 59% 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 Ray City 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 →