Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Celina
12% of Celina’s land is conserved, about 142 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Celina, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Celina?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Celina have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Celina is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Celina’s 12% is ahead of 91% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 55% 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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142 conserved acres
12% of Celina’s land. Who manages Celina’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordell Hull Recreation Area Recreation Management Area | Army Corps of Engineers | 142 | Open |
6 places to go in Celina
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
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 best walking months in Celina: 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) | 9.9 | 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 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.2 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Celina →
Questions about parks and trails in Celina
How much of Celina is conserved land?
12% 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 Celina?
15,317 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Celina or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 135 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Celina have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Celina 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 →