Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0Toccoa has 105 acres of parks, 11 for every 1,000 residents
2% of Toccoa’s land is conserved, about 103 acres. 1.6 miles of mapped trail cross Toccoa, 0.2 per square mile of land. 40% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #161 of 264 in Georgia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Toccoa?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Toccoa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Toccoa is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #161 of 264 in Georgia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Toccoa’s 2% is ahead of 47% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 46% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
103 conserved acres
2% of Toccoa’s land. Who manages Toccoa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Lane Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 64 | Open |
| Alewine Park Local Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Doyle Street Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Henderson Falls Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Chattahoochee National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 2 | Open |
2 places to go in Toccoa
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 lakes & rivers
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Toccoa: April to June
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) | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
May is the driest month (4.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.4 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Toccoa →
Questions about parks and trails in Toccoa
How much of Toccoa is conserved land?
2% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Toccoa’s trails?
Alewine Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Toccoa?
69,586 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Toccoa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 106 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Toccoa have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #161 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 Toccoa 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 →