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Richard Craig Park
Park
35 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · McDonough
McDonough, GA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.9% of McDonough is conserved land, roughly 337 acres. There are about 3.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Richard Craig Park (0.9 mi), Heritage Park (0.7 mi), and Jonesboro Road Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in McDonough, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
McDonough outdoors
Conserved land
3.9%
337 of 8,635 acres
Trails
3.8 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.3 mi
2.3 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
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
Heritage Park
Park
75 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Jonesboro Road Park
Park
23 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Red Hawk Baseball Complex and Nature Preserve
Park
97 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
Richard Craig Park35 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Heritage Park75 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Jonesboro Road Park23 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Alexander Park24 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Rufus L. Stewart Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Red Hawk Baseball Complex and Nature Preserve97 acres
Alexander Park West29 acres
Avalon Park22 acres
Big Springs Park11 acres
McDonough Square2 acres
Who protects the land
337 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 1 of 12 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis31
- Baseball23
- Football5
- Pickleball4
- Basketball3
- Soccer3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about McDonough'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.