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Outdoors in Walnut Grove

Few parks or trails are on the map in Walnut Grove

79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 14 acres are parks and preserves, 8.1 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
5 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
14 ac
8.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
79%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Walnut Grove have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Walnut Grove is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Walnut Grove’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 22%
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Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Walnut Grove’s under 1% is ahead of 11% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Walnut Grove. 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 D to C. 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

5 conserved acres

under 1% of Walnut Grove’s land. Who manages Walnut Grove’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city5 ac
Local Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
City Park Walnut Grove
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
8Tennis
2Soccer
2Baseball
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Samuel H. Brodnax HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Walnut Grove: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.49.9
High (°F)545866748187908983746456
Rain (in)4.74.85.03.83.54.54.44.64.03.53.94.7

May is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.0 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Walnut Grove →

Questions about parks and trails in Walnut Grove

How much of Walnut Grove is conserved land?

under 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.

Is there public land near Walnut Grove?

5,392 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Walnut Grove or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Walnut Grove have?

Ahead of 22% 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 Walnut Grove neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →