City Park
Managed by City of Red Boiling Springs
4 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dogs allowed
Directionsto the parking lot
Red Boiling Springs Bank · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Red Boiling Springs
Red Boiling Springs has 15 acres of parks, 12 for every 1,000 residents
0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Red Boiling Springs, 0.5 per square mile of land. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
65%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Red Boiling Springs?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Red Boiling Springs have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Red Boiling Springs is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Red Boiling Springs’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical TN town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · TN 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · TN 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home65% of residents within a half mile of a park · TN 42% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Red Boiling Springs’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 80% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is City Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
George and Linda McCrary Memorial Park
Managed by City of Red Boiling Springs
6 acres
Dogs allowed
Directionsto the parking lot
Historic Salt Lick Creek Park
Managed by City of Red Boiling Springs
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Bilbrey Park
Managed by City of Red Boiling Springs
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
City Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Red Boiling Springs
DirectionsHistoric Salt Lick Creek Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Red Boiling Springs
DirectionsPalace Amusement Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Red Boiling Springs
DirectionsGeorge and Linda McCrary Memorial Park6 acres · City of Red Boiling Springs
DirectionsBilbrey Park2 acres · City of Red Boiling Springs
DirectionsThings to do
4 places to go in Red Boiling Springs
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Red Boiling Springs
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Disc golf in Red Boiling Springs
1 disc golf course without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
8Baseball
2Basketball
1Soccer
1Pickleball
1Tennis
1Volleyball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Red Boiling Springs: April to June
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) | 47 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Red Boiling Springs →
Questions about parks and trails in Red Boiling Springs
Where can I hike in Red Boiling Springs?
The longest trail networks: City Park, 0.3 miles; Historic Salt Lick Creek Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Red Boiling Springs 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 Red Boiling Springs’ trails?
OpenStreetMap records dogs as welcome at City Park and George and Linda McCrary Memorial Park. For the rest, check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Red Boiling Springs?
96 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Red Boiling Springs or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Red Boiling Springs have?
Ahead of 38% 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 Red Boiling Springs neighbors.
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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 →