Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN CITY CHARACTERISTICS Population Daytime Land area Parkland as percent of Density Growth population (acres) adjusted city area (people per acre) since 2010 change 672,371 16.2% 304,080 10.7% 2.2 7.3% Percent of residents living within a 10-minute walk to a park Median park size 37% 16.7 acres SPENDING PARK ACREAGE MANAGEMENT Overall Per Acres Per 1,000 spending resident people Public $53,306,141 $79 Nashville/Davidson Metropolitan 15,144 Board of Parks and Recreation Private $1,496,607 $2 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 11,599 Total $54,802,748 $81 (within Nashville) Tennessee Department of National median expenditure per Environment and Conservation 4,303 resident (within Nashville) Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency $ 2,920 83 (within Nashville) Total 33,966 50.5 Nashville’s park system has something for everyone; you can stroll along trails in the expansive Warner Parks or go mountain biking in Hamilton Creek Park, splash in Cumberland Park or brush up on your Civil War history in Fort Negley Park. A recent project called “If Trees Could Sing” aims to educate people about PARK FACT PARK local flora by placing signs and videos featuring musicians, each talking about a specific kind of tree, in parks and other places around the city. the trust for public land 2018 city park facts Nashville, TN continued PARTNERSHIPS PARK AMENITIES Total Over the past year, Nashville resi- Acres of fields 198 dents gave 74,030 hours of their Basketball hoops 202 time to the city’s parks. Groups Community garden plots n.a. such as the Nashville Parks Foun- Dog parks 8 dation as well as smaller groups Miles of trails 168 dedicated to individual parks Playgrounds 207 also give their support through Recreation/senior centers 26 time, advocacy and money. Splashpads/spraygrounds 3 Oldest park Total number of parks Watkins Park, 1901 291 FLICKR: SNASSEK The Parthenon in Centennial Park houses the city’s art museum, and is part of what makes this park Nashville’s most visited. the trust for public landInformation sourced from the US Census Bureau, ESRI’s 2017 Demographic Forecasts, and 2018 city park facts The Trust for Public Land’s annual survey of all public and non-profit park agencies and groups in the 100 largest US cities. More information is online at tpl.org/cityparkfacts..

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