William Taylor House · Photo: CipherdE · CC BY-SA 4.0Resaca has 121 acres of parks, 107 for every 1,000 residents
8% of Resaca’s land is conserved, about 135 acres. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Resaca, 0.4 per square mile of land. 55% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 74% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Resaca?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Resaca have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Resaca is ahead of 74% 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 Resaca’s 8% is ahead of 89% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% 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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135 conserved acres
8% of Resaca’s land. Who manages Resaca’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenspace Program Acquisition Local Recreation Area | County | 65 | Open |
| Resaca Battlefield Historic Site State Historic or Cultural Area | State natural resources | 63 | Open |
| Resaca Ball Fields Local Recreation Area | County | 5 | Open |
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.
1 place 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 Resaca: 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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Resaca →
Resaca and its neighbors
Resaca 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resaca | 8% | 0.4 | 107 | 55% | B+ |
| Calhoun | under 1% | 0.1 | 3 | 18% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Resaca
How much of Resaca is conserved land?
8% 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 Resaca?
41,515 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Resaca or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 130 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Resaca have?
Ahead of 74% 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 Resaca 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 →