Few parks or trails are on the map in Burns
6 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Burns’ land is conserved, about 36 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Burns, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Burns have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Burns is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Burns’ 2% is ahead of 52% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% 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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36 conserved acres
2% of Burns’ land. Who manages Burns’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 31 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Whitaker Memorial Fields Local Park | Town or city | 6 | 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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Burns: April and 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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
September is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Burns →
Burns and its neighbors
Burns has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burns | 2% | 0.1 | 3 | 40% | C− |
| Dickson | 1% | 0.1 | 17 | 30% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Burns
How much of Burns 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 Burns?
5,089 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Burns or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Burns have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Burns 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 →