Community area / Playrground
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Lakesite
5% of Lakesite’s land is conserved: 60 acres
6 acres are parks and preserves, 2.6 per 1,000 residents. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Lakesite, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
60 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
2.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
79%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lakesite have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lakesite is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lakesite’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical TN town 1% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TN 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land2.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · TN 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home79% 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 47%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Lakesite’s 5% is ahead of 80% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Lakesite. 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
60 conserved acres
5% of Lakesite’s land. Who manages Lakesite’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Tennessee Valley Authority56 ac
Town or city4 ac
Not Designated · 56 acLocal Park · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Not Designated | Tennessee Valley Authority | 56 | Unknown |
| City Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Lakesite
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Lakesite
Lakesite Pool
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Lakesite
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Lakesite: April and May
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) | 50 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 61 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lakesite →
Next door
Lakesite and its neighbors
Lakesite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakesite | 5% | 0.3 | 3 | 79% | B− |
| Middle Valley | 5% | 0.2 | 19 | 25% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lakesite
How much of Lakesite is conserved land?
5% 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 Lakesite’s trails?
Community area / Playrground doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lakesite?
7,642 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lakesite or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Lakesite have?
Ahead of 47% 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 Lakesite 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 →