Photo: GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Pegram
16% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 5.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Pegram have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pegram is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Pegram’s 1% is ahead of 33% 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
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41 conserved acres
1% of Pegram’s land. Who manages Pegram’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 17 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheatham Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 13 | Restricted |
| Pegram City Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
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.
April is the best month for walking in Pegram
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 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 89 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pegram →
Pegram and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegram | 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 16% | D |
| Kingston Springs | 1% | 0.6 | 32 | 11% | C+ |
| Nashville | 11% | 0.4 | 24 | 60% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Pegram
How much of Pegram is conserved land?
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 Pegram?
8,943 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pegram or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pegram have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Pegram 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 →