Charleston United Methodist Church and Cemetery · Photo: Spencer Kellum · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Mason
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Mason, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mason have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mason is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Mason’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 26% 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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2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Mason
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 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
August is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.6 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mason →
Questions about parks and trails in Mason
How much of Mason 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 Mason?
54 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mason or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mason have?
Ahead of 3% 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 Mason 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 →