Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Tunnel Hill
83% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 19 acres are parks and preserves, 21 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Tunnel Hill’s land is conserved, about 20 acres.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Tunnel Hill?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Tunnel Hill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tunnel Hill is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Tunnel Hill’s 2% is ahead of 43% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% 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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20 conserved acres
2% of Tunnel Hill’s land. Who manages Tunnel Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunnel Hill Recreation Department Local Park | Town or city | 19 | Open |
| Griffin Park Local Recreation Area | County | 16 | Open |
3 places to go in Tunnel Hill
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Tunnel Hill: 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 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tunnel Hill →
Questions about parks and trails in Tunnel Hill
How much of Tunnel Hill 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.
Is there public land near Tunnel Hill?
10,589 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tunnel Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Tunnel Hill have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Tunnel Hill 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 →