Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Greenback
0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Greenback, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Greenback?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Greenback have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greenback is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Greenback’s 1% is ahead of 32% 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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41 conserved acres
1% of Greenback’s land. Who manages Greenback’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tellico Lake Wildlife Management Area Conservation Area | Tennessee Valley Authority | 41 | Open |
1 places to go in Greenback
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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).
The best walking months in Greenback: 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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 72 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.4 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Greenback →
Questions about parks and trails in Greenback
How much of Greenback is conserved land?
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.
Is there public land near Greenback?
10,808 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greenback or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Greenback have?
Ahead of 7% 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 Greenback 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 →