Outdoors · Ringgold

Ringgold, GA parks, trails & bike paths

About 2% of Ringgold is conserved land, roughly 64 acres. There are about 1.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Chief Richard Taylor Nature Trail (0.8 mi).

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

At a glance

Ringgold outdoors

Conserved land
2%
64 of 3,205 acres
Trails
1.2 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
19 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

Chief Richard Taylor Nature Trail

Park
12 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Poplar Springs Park

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

Ringgold Recreational Complex

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

Ringgold Creek Walk

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Public pools in Ringgold
Ringgold City Pool
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

64 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
84 ac
Town or city
23 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

  • Baseball13
  • Tennis6
  • Soccer3
  • Basketball2
  • Football1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Ringgold

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 63 acLocal Recreation Area 43 acLocal Other or Unknown 1 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Greenspace Program AcquisitionLocal Recreation AreaCounty43Open
Catoosa County GreenspaceLocal ParkCounty41Open
Ringgold City Park/PoolLocal ParkTown or city20Open
Ringgold Creek WalkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
Little General ParkLocal ParkTown or city1Open
Martha Denton PoolLocal Other or UnknownTown or city1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Anderson CemeteryCemetery
Anderson Memorial GardensCemetery
Citizens CemeteryCemetery
Ringgold CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Ringgold'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 20.1-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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