Outdoors · Monroe

Monroe, GA parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.8% of Monroe is conserved land, roughly 687 acres. There are about 3.1 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Felker Park (0.9 mi).

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

At a glance

Monroe outdoors

Conserved land
6.8%
687 of 10,113 acres
Trails
3.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
44 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 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

Felker Park

Park
45 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Mathews Park

Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Childers Park

Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Hammond Street Park

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Monroe
Unnamed playground in Felker Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Mathews Park
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

687 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
528 ac
County
142 ac
Town or city
23 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 526 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.4 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis15
  • Soccer6
  • Football5
  • Pickleball4
  • Baseball3
  • Softball1
  • Beach volleyball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Monroe

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 378 acHistoric or Cultural Easement 150 acLocal Recreation Area 89 acLocal Park 75 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Central Walton ParkLocal Recreation AreaCounty45Open
Matthews ParkLocal ParkCounty28Open
Greenspace Program AcquisitionLocal Recreation AreaCounty23Open
Coker ParkLocal Recreation AreaCounty21Open
Childers ParkLocal ParkTown or city18Open
Hammond ParkLocal ParkCounty15Open
Kidd ParkLocal ParkCounty8Open
City Of Monroe Greenspace ILocal ParkTown or city4Open
Pilot ParkLocal ParkCounty2Open
Green Street ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Showing 1–10 of 17 places
East Church Street Historic DistrictDistrict
East Marable Street Historic DistrictDistrict
McDaniel Street Historic DistrictDistrict
Monland Place Historic DistrictDistrict
Monroe and Walton Mills Historic DistrictDistrict
North Broad Street Historic DistrictDistrict
Seven Governors Have Lived in Walton CountyIn Monument Park · Plaque
South Broad Street Historic DistrictDistrict
South Madison Avenue-Pannell Road Historic DistrictDistrict
The Davis-Edwards HouseBuilding
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Monroe'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.

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