Stoney Creek Environmental Park
Managed by Town of Nashville
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Nash County Courthouse · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainC+Outdoors
Outdoors in Nashville
5% of Nashville’s land is conserved: 163 acres
33% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 34 acres are parks and preserves, 5.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Nashville, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #160 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
163 acres · of 4.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
5.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
33%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Nashville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Nashville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nashville is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #160 of 290 in North Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Nashville’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land5.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (34 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13CParks close to home33% of residents within a half mile of a park · NC 51% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 45%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Nashville. 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 C+. 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.
Who protects it
163 conserved acres
5% of Nashville’s land. Who manages Nashville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city39 ac
Not recorded137 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 133 acLocal Recreation Area · 25 acLocal Park · 11 acLocal Conservation Area · 4 acState Other or Unknown · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nash County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 69 | Unknown |
| Town of Nashville Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 64 | Unknown |
| Jw Glover Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| Stoney Creek Environmental Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Stoney Creek Environmental Park Greenway Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| NC Hazard Mitigation Buyout Property - Nashville State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 4 | Unknown |
Things to do
6 places to go in Nashville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Nashville
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Nashville
Nashville Bark ParkIn Stoney Creek Environmental Park
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Stoney Creek Environmental Park Trail0.2 mi
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
7Baseball
6Basketball
4Tennis
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Nashville: April and May
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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 55 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Nashville →
Questions about parks and trails in Nashville
How much of Nashville is conserved land?
5% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Carolina town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Nashville’s trails?
Stoney Creek Environmental Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Nashville?
766 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nashville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Nashville have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #160 of 290 in North Carolina. 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 Nashville 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 →