Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Zebulon
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Zebulon.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Zebulon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Zebulon is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Georgia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Zebulon’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Georgia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 11% 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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1 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Zebulon: 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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 75 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.1 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Zebulon →
Questions about parks and trails in Zebulon
How much of Zebulon 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 Zebulon?
1,127 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Zebulon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Zebulon have?
Ahead of 3% 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 Zebulon 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 →