Photo: AppalachianCentrist · CC BY-SA 4.0Rutledge has 93 acres of parks, 55 for every 1,000 residents
24% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Rutledge, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rutledge?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rutledge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rutledge is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Rutledge’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 31% 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.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Friendship Park
1 places to go in Rutledge
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.
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Rutledge: 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) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rutledge →
Questions about parks and trails in Rutledge
How much of Rutledge 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 Rutledge’s trails?
Rutledge City Park and Friendship Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rutledge?
1,538 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rutledge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 93 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rutledge have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Rutledge 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 →