Union Point Park
Managed by City of Union Point
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Bethesda Baptist Church and Cemetery · Photo: A P Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Union Point
Union Point has 24 acres of parks, 14 for every 1,000 residents
1% of Union Point’s land is conserved, about 15 acres. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Union Point, 0.4 per square mile of land. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
15 acres · of 2.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
24 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
63%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Union Point?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Union Point have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Union Point is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Union Point’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical GA town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · GA 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land14 acres of park per 1,000 residents (24 acres) · GA 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to home63% of residents within a half mile of a park · GA 56% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 47%
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Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Union Point’s 1% is ahead of 38% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Union Point. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
15 conserved acres
1% of Union Point’s land. Who manages Union Point’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city15 ac
Local Park · 15 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Point Park Local Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Union Point
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Union Point
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Union Point: 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 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 65 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Union Point →
Questions about parks and trails in Union Point
How much of Union Point is conserved land?
1% 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 Union Point’s trails?
Union Point Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Union Point?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Union Point?
10,489 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Union Point or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Union Point have?
Ahead of 47% 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 Union Point neighbors.
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Sources
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 →