Few parks or trails are on the map in Spurgeon
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Spurgeon yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns · #168 of 177 in Tennessee. What drives it
How much outdoors does Spurgeon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spurgeon is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns, #168 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 Spurgeon’s 1% is ahead of 23% 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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12 conserved acres
1% of Spurgeon’s land. Who manages Spurgeon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Not Designated | Tennessee Valley Authority | 12 | Unknown |
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Spurgeon: April to June and 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) | 47 | 52 | 60 | 70 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 59 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spurgeon →
Spurgeon and its neighbors
Spurgeon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spurgeon | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Johnson City | 4% | 0.7 | 11 | 43% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Spurgeon
How much of Spurgeon is conserved land?
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 Spurgeon?
3,214 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spurgeon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spurgeon have?
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #168 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 Spurgeon 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 →