Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in La Follette
17 acres are parks and preserves, 2.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross La Follette, 0.2 per square mile of land. 1% of La Follette’s land is conserved, about 33 acres.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns · #114 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
How much outdoors does La Follette have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, La Follette is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #114 of 177 in Tennessee. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so La Follette’s 1% is ahead of 39% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 45% 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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33 conserved acres
1% of La Follette’s land. Who manages La Follette’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 17 | Restricted |
| Liberty Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Pine Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Ken Snodderly Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
3 places to go in La Follette
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
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 La Follette: April to June and 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 | 50 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.6 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in La Follette →
La Follette and its neighbors
La Follette 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Follette | 1% | 0.2 | 2 | 62% | C |
| Jacksboro | 1% | 0.5 | 7 | 24% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in La Follette
How much of La Follette 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 La Follette?
4,245 acres of parks and open public land lie inside La Follette or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does La Follette have?
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #114 of 177 in Tennessee. 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 La Follette 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 →