1
Legacy Park
Managed by City of Decatur
80 acres4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Decatur
Decatur, GA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.6% of Decatur is conserved land, roughly 166 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Legacy Park (4 mi) and Hidden Cove Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Decatur, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Decatur outdoors
Conserved land
5.6%
166 of 2,938 acres
Trails
10 mi
2.3 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
7 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.2 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 7.1 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
Hidden Cove Park
Managed by City of Decatur
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Wildcat Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Dearborn Park
Managed by Dekalb County
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Woodlands Garden
Nature preserve
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Parkwood Park
Managed by Parkwood Garden Club
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
East Decatur Greenway
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trail sign
7
Glenn Creek Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Legacy Park80 acres · 4 mi of trail · City of Decatur
Hidden Cove Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Decatur
Dearborn Park7 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · Dekalb County
Woodlands Garden7 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Parkwood Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Parkwood Garden Club
East Decatur Greenway2 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Glenn Creek Nature Preserve2 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
McKoy Park10 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Decatur
Scott Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Glenlake Park15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
166 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 25 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis10
- Basketball8
- Soccer4
- Baseball4
- Skate park1
- Lacrosse1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Decatur and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur | 5.6% | 10.4 mi | 19 |
| North Decatur | 4.4% | 9.5 mi | 5 |
| Belvedere Park | 1.7% | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| Druid Hills | 8.3% | 3.7 mi | 8 |
| Atlanta | 6.3% | 104.7 mi | 163 |
| Scottdale | 3.2% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| Avondale Estates | 2.8% | 1.0 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Decatur'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.