The Tiger Trail
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Downing House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Memphis
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Memphis
17 acres are parks and preserves, 9.3 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Memphis, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
9.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Memphis?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
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 44% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Memphis’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MO town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MO 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land9.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · MO 11 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home99% of residents within a half mile of a park · MO 74% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 44%
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Few Missouri towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Memphis’ under 1% is ahead of 4% of Missouri towns, while its trails per square mile lead 55% of 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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.
Johnson Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Legion Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Scotland County Court Yard
Park
1 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do
3 places to go in Memphis
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Memphis
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Basketball
2Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Downing HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About itWhen 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 38 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 78 | 65 | 50 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
January is the driest month (1.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Memphis →
Questions about parks and trails in Memphis
Where can I hike in Memphis?
The longest trail networks: Scotland County Court Yard, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Memphis is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Missouri 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?
The Tiger Trail and Johnson Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Memphis?
99 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Memphis or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Memphis have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 →