John Barnes Park
Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Ardmore
Few parks or trails are on the map in Ardmore
42 acres are parks and preserves, 39 per 1,000 residents. 46% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
42 ac
39 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
46%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ardmore have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ardmore is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ardmore’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TN town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TN 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land39 acres of park per 1,000 residents (42 acres) · TN 10 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home46% of residents within a half mile of a park · TN 42% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 22%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Ardmore’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ardmore. 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 D 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
2 places to go in Ardmore
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Ardmore
2 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
4Baseball
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Ardmore: April to June
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 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 89 | 83 | 73 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
September is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 6.4 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ardmore →
Questions about parks and trails in Ardmore
How much of Ardmore is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 1% for a Tennessee town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Ardmore’s trails?
John Barnes Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ardmore?
269 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ardmore or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 42 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ardmore have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Ardmore 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 →