Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area
Managed by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
28 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Cowan
Cowan has 3 acres of parks, 1.3 for every 1,000 residents
0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Cowan, 0.4 per square mile of land. 2% of Cowan’s land is conserved, about 29 acres. 61% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
29 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
1.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
61%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Cowan have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cowan is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Cowan’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical TN town 1% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TN 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land1.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · TN 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home61% of residents within a half mile of a park · TN 42% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Cowan’s 2% is ahead of 60% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 77% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Cowan. 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 B−. 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
29 conserved acres
2% of Cowan’s land. Who manages Cowan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife29 ac
State Resource Management Area · 29 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 29 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Cowan
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Cowan
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Cowan DepotBuilding · listed 1978
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Cowan: 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 | 62 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 83 | 72 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 6.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cowan →
Next door
Cowan and its neighbors
Cowan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan | 2% | 0.4 | 1 | 61% | C+ |
| Winchester | 25% | 0.2 | 15 | 51% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Cowan
How much of Cowan 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.
Are dogs allowed on Cowan’s trails?
Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Cowan?
7,355 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cowan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cowan have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Cowan 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 →