Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0The biggest trail networks: Maryville College Woods (3.5 mi). 285 acres are parks and preserves, 8.8 per 1,000 residents. 57% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #81 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
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On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Maryville is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #81 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 Maryville’s 1% is ahead of 33% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 65% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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The longest trail network is Maryville College Woods, with 3.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1% of Maryville’s land. Who manages Maryville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicentennial Park Local Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| Sandy Springs Park Local Park | Town or city | 21 | Open |
| Pearson Springs Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Everett Park Local Park | Town or city | 17 | Open |
| John Sevier Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Amerine Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
12 more on the History page.
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 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Maryville →
Maryville has the most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville | 1% | 0.3 | 9 | 57% | C+ |
| Alcoa | 2% | 0.3 | 12 | 47% | C+ |
| Louisville | 13% | 0.2 | 12 | 15% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
The longest trail networks: Maryville College Woods, 3.5 miles; Sandy Springs Park, 0.4 miles; Bicentennial Greenbelt Park, 0.4 miles; Pistol Creek Wetlands Center, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
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.
Maryville College Woods and Sandy Springs Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
1.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.8 of off-road paths. Named routes: Maryville-Alcoa Greenway.
30,783 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Maryville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 285 of them inside the city line.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #81 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.
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Maryville neighbors.
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 →