Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Mount Carmel
11 acres are parks and preserves, 2.0 per 1,000 residents. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #158 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mount Carmel have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Carmel is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #158 of 177 in Tennessee. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Mount Carmel’s under 1% is ahead of 15% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
11 conserved acres
under 1% of Mount Carmel’s land. Who manages Mount Carmel’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Carmel Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
The best walking months in Mount Carmel: 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) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 81 | 70 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
October is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Carmel →
Mount Carmel and its neighbors
Mount Carmel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | under 1% | under 0.1 | 2 | 27% | D |
| Kingsport | 10% | 0.7 | 15 | 59% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Carmel
How much of Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel?
2,933 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Carmel or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Carmel have?
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #158 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 Mount Carmel 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 →