Greenberry Wilson House · Photo: PlateauFotog · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Tansi
13% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.8 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Tansi, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #150 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lake Tansi have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Tansi is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #150 of 177 in Tennessee. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Lake Tansi’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 82% of them.
Water is 8% of Lake Tansi’s area (1 of 10 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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1 places to go in Lake Tansi
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
4 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Lake Tansi: 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) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 6.3 |
August is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 6.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Lake Tansi →
Lake Tansi and its neighbors
Lake Tansi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tansi | under 1% | 0.5 | under 1 | 13% | D |
| Crossville | 12% | 0.7 | 129 | 40% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Tansi
How much of Lake Tansi 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.
Is there public land near Lake Tansi?
2,304 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Tansi or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Tansi have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #150 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 Lake Tansi 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 →