Tazewell Municipal Park
Park
18 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Tazewell
Tazewell has 36 acres of parks, 12 for every 1,000 residents
59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
18 acres · of 4.3 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
12 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
59%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Tazewell have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tazewell is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tazewell’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical TN town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · TN 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land12 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · TN 10 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home59% 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 22%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Tazewell’s 1% is ahead of 28% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 5% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Tazewell. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Claiborne County Fairgrounds
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
18 conserved acres
1% of Tazewell’s land. Who manages Tazewell’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city18 ac
Local Park · 18 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tazewell Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Tazewell
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Tazewell
1 playground 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
4Tennis
1Baseball
1Soccer
1Basketball
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Tazewell: 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) | 45 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Tazewell →
Next door
Tazewell and its neighbors
Tazewell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tazewell | 1% | under 0.1 | 12 | 59% | C− |
| New Tazewell | under 1% | 0.1 | 9 | 29% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Tazewell
How much of Tazewell 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.
Are dogs allowed on Tazewell’s trails?
Tazewell Municipal Park and Claiborne County Fairgrounds don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Tazewell?
321 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tazewell or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Tazewell have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Tazewell 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 →