1
Friendship Forest Nature Preserve
Managed by City of Clarkston
28 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Clarkston
Clarkston, GA parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.6% of Clarkston is conserved land, roughly 54 acres. Clarkston has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Clarkston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Clarkston outdoors
Conserved land
4.6%
54 of 1,182 acres
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
4 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.4 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 2.1 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
Milam Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Forty Oaks
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Community gardens in Clarkston
Clarkston Community Garden
Clarkston International GardenIn Forty Oaks
Who protects the land
54 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis8
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Clarkston
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 39 acLocal Park 12 acLocal Recreation Area 7 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship ForestLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 30 | Open |
| Milam ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Forty Oaks Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | County | 9 | Open |
| Greenspace Program AcquisitionLocal Recreation Area | County | 3 | Open |
| DeKalb County GreenspaceLocal Recreation Area | County | 3 | Open |
Nearby
Clarkston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Clarkston'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 20-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.