Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Powells Crossroads
3.7 miles of mapped trail cross Powells Crossroads, 0.8 per square mile of land. 14% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 25 acres are parks and preserves, 16 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Powells Crossroads have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Powells Crossroads is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. 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 Powells Crossroads’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% 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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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1 places to go in Powells Crossroads
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
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.
The best walking months in Powells Crossroads: 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.
| 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 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
August is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 6.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Powells Crossroads →
Questions about parks and trails in Powells Crossroads
How much of Powells Crossroads 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.
Are dogs allowed on Powells Crossroads’ trails?
Crossroads Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Powells Crossroads?
1,997 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Powells Crossroads or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Powells Crossroads have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Powells Crossroads 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 →