Photo: Colin1769 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Belle Meade
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Belle Meade, 0.1 per square mile of land. 43% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Belle Meade’s land is conserved, about 32 acres.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns · #98 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Belle Meade?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Belle Meade have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belle Meade is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #98 of 177 in Tennessee. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Belle Meade’s 2% is ahead of 53% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 29% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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32 conserved acres
2% of Belle Meade’s land. Who manages Belle Meade’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Meade Mansion State Historic or Cultural Area | Other state land | 23 | Open |
| Parmer Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 6 | Open |
| Percy Warner Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in Belle Meade
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) | 48 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 73 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Belle Meade →
Belle Meade and its neighbors
Belle Meade has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Meade | 2% | 0.1 | 12 | 43% | C |
| Forest Hills | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 27% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Belle Meade
How much of Belle Meade is conserved land?
2% 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.
Is there public land near Belle Meade?
12,146 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belle Meade or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 33 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Belle Meade have?
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #98 of 177 in Tennessee. 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 Belle Meade neighbors.
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 →