Highschool Park
Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Huntsville
Huntsville has 29 acres of parks, 16 for every 1,000 residents
1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Huntsville, 0.1 per square mile of land. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
8 acres · of 8.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
29 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
52%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Huntsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Huntsville is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Huntsville’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TN town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TN 0.2 · U.S. 0.4CPark land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (29 acres) · TN 10 · U.S. 13BParks close to home52% of residents within a half mile of a park · TN 42% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 29%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Huntsville’s under 1% is ahead of 14% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 37% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C+. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Flat Creek Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
8 conserved acres
under 1% of Huntsville’s land. Who manages Huntsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city8 ac
Local Park · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Creek Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Huntsville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Huntsville
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Picnic areas in Huntsville
1 picnic area 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
3Baseball
2Soccer
1Beach volleyball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Huntsville: April to August
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) | 45 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 6.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Huntsville →
Questions about parks and trails in Huntsville
How much of Huntsville is conserved land?
under 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.
Are dogs allowed on Huntsville’s trails?
Highschool Park and Flat Creek Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Huntsville?
40,214 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Huntsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Huntsville have?
Ahead of 29% 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 Huntsville 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 →