1
Piedmont Park
Park
169 acres3 mi of trail
Active OvalInterim BeltLine Northeast Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Sage Parking
Outdoors · Atlanta
Atlanta, GA parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.3% of Atlanta is conserved land, roughly 5,483 acres. There are about 105 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Piedmont Park (3 mi), Grant Park (2.2 mi), and Lullwater Preserve (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Atlanta, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Atlanta outdoors
Conserved land
6.3%
5,483 of 86,893 acres
Trails
105 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 62 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
163
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
185.1 mi
82.5 mi lanes · 76.2 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Grant Park
Park
123 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lullwater Preserve
Managed by Emory University
142 acres2.1 mi of trail
Hill Loop TrailLake Loop TrailBeatty Wildflower TrailLulwater spurSecret Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
105 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Whittier Mill Park
Park
54 acres1.7 mi of trail
Mountain Bike/Hike TrailMountain Bike/Hike
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Shirley Clarke Franklin Park
Managed by City of Atlanta
337 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
7
Morningside Nature Preserve
Park
34 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Herbert Taylor/ Daniel Johnson Park
Park
34 acres1.1 mi of trail
Johnson Park spur
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 60 parks & preserves
- Goizueta Gardens23 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Rosa L. Burney Park16 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Spink Collins Park26 ac · 0.8 mi trail
- Chosewood Park17 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Blue Heron Nature Preserve16 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- Adair Park II12 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Eco-Commons6 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Thomasville Heights Park22 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Washington Park18 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Coan Park11 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Phoenix II Park27 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Southside Park22 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Centennial Olympic Park19 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Bitsy Grant Tennis Center18 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Brownwood Park13 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Heman E. Perry Park4 ac · 0.4 mi trail
- Butler Park Recreation Center3 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Freedom Park193 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Orme Park9 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Walker Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Adair Park6 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Lullwater Conservation Garden6 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Rawson-Washington Park5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Candler Park59 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site40 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- CRNRA - Palisades Unit23 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Historic Vine City14 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- McDaniel Branch Wetlands14 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Parkside Drive Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Lindbergh Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Springdale Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Lake Claire Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Capital Gateway Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Springvale Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cleopas R. Johnson Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Cabbagetown Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Loring Heights Park3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- The Oval2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Pemberton Place21 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Historic Fourth Ward Park15 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Shady Valley Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Empire Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- The Home Depot Backyard8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Walden Athletics Complex6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Boulevard Crossing Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Phoenix III Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Oak Grove Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Woodruff Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Georgia International Plaza4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Waterworks Atlanta3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Midtown Green3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- John Howell Memorial Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
Who protects the land
5,483 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 153 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 416 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes82.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths76.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes26.4 mi
- Atlanta Beltline Trail (bike route)1.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis355
- Baseball79
- Basketball72
- Soccer30
- Football26
- Pickleball19
- Tracks15
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Atlanta and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 6.3% | 104.7 mi | 163 |
| Druid Hills | 8.3% | 3.7 mi | 8 |
| South Fulton | 3.2% | 8.2 mi | 10 |
| Sandy Springs | 4.1% | 38.0 mi | 14 |
| North Druid Hills | 2.8% | 4.0 mi | 5 |
| East Point | 2.3% | 2.2 mi | 6 |
| Candler-McAfee | 3.1% | 0.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Atlanta's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 50.5-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.