Washington Borrow Pit Park
Park
82 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Terra Ceia Village Improvement Association Hall · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Memphis
Memphis has 85 acres of parks, 9.3 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Memphis. 4% of Memphis’ land is conserved, about 86 acres. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns · #388 of 638 in Florida. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
86 acres · of 3.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
85 ac
9.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.8 mi lanes
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Memphis have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Memphis is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns, #388 of 638 in Florida. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Memphis’ overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical FL town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · FL 0.4 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land9.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (85 acres) · FL 6 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home69% of residents within a half mile of a park · FL 70% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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Florida towns of 2,500+ (638)Ahead of 39%
Water is 11% of Memphis’ area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Memphis. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
86 conserved acres
4% of Memphis’ land. Water is left out: Memphis has 3.3 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Memphis’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County86 ac
Local Park · 86 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Borrow Pit Park Local Park | County | 82 | Open |
| Sylvan Oaks Park Local Park | County | 4 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
35th Street West0.1 mi
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.8 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Memphis
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| High (°F) | 71 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 90 | 85 | 78 | 74 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
November is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 9.2 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Memphis →
Next door
Memphis and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Memphis
How much of Memphis is conserved land?
4% of its land, against a typical 3% for a Florida town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Memphis’ trails?
Washington Borrow Pit Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Memphis?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Memphis?
8,223 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Memphis or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 85 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Memphis have?
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #388 of 638 in Florida. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Memphis neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →