Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Sneedville has 18 acres of parks, 13 for every 1,000 residents
2.1 miles of mapped trail cross Sneedville, 0.9 per square mile of land. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Sneedville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Sneedville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sneedville is ahead of 45% 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 Sneedville’s 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Hancock Mid/High, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
7 places to go in Sneedville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
7 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 Sneedville: April to August
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 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.1 inches fall in March, the wettest month. The climate in Sneedville →
Questions about parks and trails in Sneedville
Where can I hike in Sneedville?
The longest trail networks: Hancock Mid/High, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Sneedville 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 Sneedville’s trails?
Hancock Mid/High and Sneedville City Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Sneedville?
24 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sneedville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sneedville have?
Ahead of 45% 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 Sneedville 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 →