Few parks or trails are on the map in Shackle Island
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Shackle Island yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Behind most U.S. towns · #174 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
How much outdoors does Shackle Island have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Shackle Island is behind most U.S. towns, #174 of 177 in Tennessee. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Shackle Island’s under 1% is ahead of 6% 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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1 places to go in Shackle Island
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1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
June is the best month for walking in Shackle Island
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 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 89 | 89 | 83 | 72 | 60 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
October is the driest month (3.6 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 Shackle Island →
Shackle Island and its neighbors
Shackle Island has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shackle Island | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Hendersonville | 24% | 0.4 | 7 | 38% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Shackle Island
How much of Shackle Island 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.
Is there public land near Shackle Island?
7,308 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Shackle Island or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Shackle Island have?
Behind most U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #174 of 177 in Tennessee. 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 Shackle Island 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 →