Webster County Jails · Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Webster County has 18 miles of mapped trails, 0.1 for every square mile of land
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 5% of Webster County’s land is conserved, about 6,268 acres.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Webster County?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Webster County have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Webster County is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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 Webster County’s 5% is ahead of 79% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 27% 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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6,268 conserved acres
5% of Webster County’s land. Who manages Webster County’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,870 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanahassee Creek Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 4,388 | Restricted |
| Preston Webster County Ball Fields Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 9 | Open |
2 named trails and 9 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.
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.
The best walking months in Webster County: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 64 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 87 | 78 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
October is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Webster County →
Questions about parks and trails in Webster County
How much of Webster County is conserved land?
5% 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 Webster County?
5,798 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Webster County or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Webster County have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Webster County 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 →