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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Troy

Troy has 13 acres of parks, 7.2 for every 1,000 residents

2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Troy, 1.7 per square mile of land. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.3 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
1.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
7.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
59%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Troy?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Troy have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Troy is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Troy’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 42%
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Few Tennessee towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Troy’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of Tennessee towns, while its trails per square mile lead 98% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. 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.

12
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.

Troy Trojan Park

Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Troy Town Square

Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Things to do

1 places to go in Troy

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Troy

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
9Golf
3Baseball
2Softball
2Football
1Tennis
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

June is the best month for walking in Troy

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)455059707886898882725848
Rain (in)4.04.65.25.45.44.34.43.53.63.64.55.0

August is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Troy →

Questions about parks and trails in Troy

Where can I hike in Troy?

The longest trail networks: Troy Town Square, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Troy 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 Troy’s trails?

Troy Trojan Park and Troy Town Square don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Troy?

1,176 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Troy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Troy have?

Ahead of 42% 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 Troy neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →