More than half of Reed Creek’s land is conserved: 62%
62% of Reed Creek’s land is conserved, about 9,427 acres. 12 miles of mapped trail cross Reed Creek, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #147 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Reed Creek?
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How much outdoors does Reed Creek have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Reed Creek is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #147 of 264 in Georgia. Conserved land holds 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 Reed Creek’s 62% is ahead of 100% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 74% of them.
Water is 31% of Reed Creek’s area (11 of 35 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 43%.
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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9,427 conserved acres
62% of Reed Creek’s land. Water is left out: Reed Creek has 23.8 square miles of land and 10.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Reed Creek’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwell Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 9,427 | Open |
1 places to go in Reed Creek
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Reed Creek: 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 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 74 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 4.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Reed Creek →
Questions about parks and trails in Reed Creek
How much of Reed Creek is conserved land?
62% 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 Reed Creek?
18,754 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Reed Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2,202 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Reed Creek have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #147 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 Reed Creek 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 →