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James County Courthouse 4Photo: Alexis Sprague · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Ooltewah

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ooltewah

0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Ooltewah, 1.1 per square mile of land. 5% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
5%
of residents within ½ mile
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
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
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
James County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1976
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ooltewah: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.010.911.913.014.014.514.313.512.311.210.39.8
High (°F)505463728086898983736153
Rain (in)5.15.35.34.94.24.24.54.04.53.74.65.3

October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.3 inches fall in February, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ooltewah →

Next door

Ooltewah and its neighbors

Ooltewah has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Ooltewah— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Collegedale5%3.8967%B+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Ooltewah

Is there public land near Ooltewah?

5,390 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ooltewah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ooltewah neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →