Outdoors · Dalton

Dalton, GA parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.3% of Dalton is conserved land, roughly 726 acres. There are about 4.7 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Dalton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Dalton outdoors

Conserved land
5.3%
726 of 13,653 acres
Trails
4.7 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

Raisin Woods Mountain Bike Park

Park
125 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Heritage Point Park

Park
105 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Al Rollings Park

Park
35 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Lake Shore Park

Park
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
Heritage Point Park105 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Civitan Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Raisin Woods Mountain Bike Park125 acres
Al Rollings Park35 acres
Lake Shore Park31 acres
Dalton Civic Park23 acres
Gaston Park8 acres
Brookwood Park4 acres
Joan Lewis Park2 acres
Haig Mill Lake Park1 acres
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Dalton
Mount Rachel886 ft elevation
Directions
Fort Hill787 ft elevation
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 1.6 miUnpaved 2.0 mi
  • Mt Rachael Walking Trail1.7 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

726 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
726 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis32
  • Baseball23
  • Soccer10
  • Football4
  • Basketball2
  • Skate park1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Dalton

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 377 acLocal Park 349 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Heritage Point ParkLocal ParkTown or city296Open
Raisin Woods Mountain Bike ParkLocal Recreation AreaTown or city180Open
Mount Rachel Hiking And Biking TrailLocal Recreation AreaTown or city112Open
Al Rollins Baseball ComplexLocal Recreation AreaTown or city32Open
Lakeshore ParkLocal Recreation AreaTown or city31Open
James Brown ParkLocal ParkTown or city25Open
Broaddus Durkan Soccer ComplexLocal Recreation AreaTown or city19Open
Harmon FieldLocal ParkTown or city7Open
Civitan ParkLocal ParkTown or city6Open
Dalton Community CenterLocal ParkTown or city6Open
History

Historic places to visit

Showing 1–10 of 14 places
Campaign for AtlantaPlaque
Dalton Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict
Memorial WallMonument
RifleMonument
The Dalton DepotBuilding
Confederate CemeteryCemetery
First Presbyterian Church Memory GardenCemetery
Hill Family CemeteryCemetery
Miller-Nailon CemeteryCemetery
Oak Hill Memorial CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Dalton'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 29.2-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.

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