Diamond Lakes Regional Park
Park
164 acres4.4 mi of trail
Augusta International Raceway
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Augusta
Lakes, trails & woods in Augusta
About 2.3% of Augusta is conserved land, roughly 4,889 acres. There are about 224 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Diamond Lakes Regional Park (4.4 mi), Augusta Riverwalk (3.8 mi), and Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (2.4 mi).
Conserved land
2.3%
4,889 of 209,375 acres
Trails
224 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
35
24 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
22 mi
22 mi paths
Highest peak
112 ft
Rhodes Mound
Lakes & rivers
61
4 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Augusta?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Trails & water
11 named trails and 52 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 8.8 miUnpaved · 41.9 mi
River Levee Trail4.7 mi
Augusta Canal Trail3.6 mi
Canal Pump House Trail2.6 mi
Augusta International Raceway1.9 mi
Canal Pump House South Access0.4 mi
Beaver Dam Trail0.4 mi
Old Augusta Highway Southeast0.3 mi
County Highway 13670.3 mi
Cattail Trail0.2 mi
Razor's Edge0.2 mi
1 more trails
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Neville Court
0.2 miLakes & rivers tap for directions
Adams LakereservoirBabcock Wilcox LakereservoirBeaver Dam PondreservoirBetty Browning Tollison PondpondBig Smoak LakereservoirBoardmans PondreservoirBrierpatch LakelakeCarmichael PondreservoirCarrolls LakereservoirClarification PondpondDesoto Springs PondDorns PondreservoirEllis PondreservoirEqualization PondpondFort Gordon ReservoirlakeGeorge Claussen PondreservoirGordon LakereservoirGoshen LakereservoirHancock MillpondreservoirHole-in-SwamplakeHoward LakereservoirHowards LakelakeIke's PondJames PondreservoirJolly PondreservoirKerns PondreservoirKissing Bower LakereservoirLake AumondreservoirLake ElizabethpondLake InezreservoirLake OlmsteadreservoirLeitner PondreservoirLittle Brierpatch LakelakeLombard MillpondreservoirLower Leitner PondreservoirMaxwell LakereservoirMayor's PondpondMcDade PondreservoirMcDonald PondreservoirMirror LakereservoirNew Savannah Bluff LockNew Savannah Bluff PoolreservoirPond LombardreservoirRachel Lake IreservoirRachel Lake IIreservoirRachel Lake IIIreservoirRachel Lake IVreservoirRhodes PondreservoirRichmond Factory PondSignal LakereservoirCanalSavannah River
Things to do
85 places to go in Augusta
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Augusta
Playgrounds in Augusta
22 more playgrounds
20 more on the map. 16 more unnamed playgrounds are mapped.
Dog parks in Augusta
Boat launches in Augusta
Waterfalls in Augusta
Peaks in Augusta
Picnic areas in Augusta
Disc golf in Augusta
Community gardens in Augusta
History along the way
History →25 historic sites to visit
Plus 80 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
89 more on the map.
Biking & sports
22 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
22 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
95Tennis
80Baseball
36Basketball
12Soccer
9Football
7Pickleball
3Softball
2Golf
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Diamond Lakes Regional Park, with 4.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Augusta Riverwalk
Managed by City of Augusta
146 acres3.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
Nature preserve
882 acres2.4 mi of trail
Beaver Dam TrailCattail Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Pendleton King Park
Park
56 acres0.7 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Henry H. Brigham Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Freedom Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 35 parks & preserves
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Henry H. Brigham Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
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Freedom Park10 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
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Hephzibah-Carroll Community Center25 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
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Augusta Soccer Park20 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
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The Clearing2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
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New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Park36 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · United States Army Corps of Engineers
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McBean Community Park8 acres
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Monteclair Park2 acres
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Big Oak Park2 acres
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Augusta Affordable Housing2 acres
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Fire Station 112 acres
Who protects it
4,889 conserved acres
Who manages Augusta’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources4,977 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1,519 ac
County868 ac
Town or city805 ac
Other state land66 ac
Private owners2 ac
Unknown Easement · 2,199 acState Conservation Area · 1,607 acConservation Easement · 1,397 acLocal Park · 1,260 acState Resource Management Area · 1,202 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1,056 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 9 of 97 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phinizy Swamp Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1,607 | Open |
| Spirit Creek Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 637 | Unknown |
| Spirit Creek Forest Wildlife Management Area State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 565 | Unknown |
| Greenspace Program Acquisition Local Recreation Area | County | 468 | Open |
| Diamond Lakes Park /cc Local Park | Town or city | 285 | Open |
| Richmond County Greenspace Local Park | County | 280 | Open |
| Augusta-Richmond County Greenspace Local Park | County | 76 | Open |
| 121-003 State Recreation Area | Other state land | 66 | Open |
| Pendleton King Park Local Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 66 | Open |
| Fifth St. Riverwalk/Marina Local Park | Town or city | 39 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Next door
Augusta and its neighbors
Augusta has the most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved | Parks |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta | 2.3% | 35 |
| Hephzibah | 0.2% | 1 |
| North Augusta | 3.1% | 14 |
| Martinez | 1.3% | 3 |
| Grovetown | 0.6% | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Augusta neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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 82.8-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.