Boone-Douthit House · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Sandy Springs
45% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Sandy Springs, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Sandy Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sandy Springs is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few South Carolina towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Sandy Springs’ under 1% is ahead of 7% of South Carolina towns, while its trails per square mile lead 53% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
The best walking months in Sandy Springs: 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 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 4.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sandy Springs →
Sandy Springs and its neighbors
Sandy Springs has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | 45% | D |
| La France | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sandy Springs
How much of Sandy Springs is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 1% for a South Carolina town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Sandy Springs?
10,815 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sandy Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sandy Springs have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Sandy Springs 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 →