SKATEDEXSkateparks per capita in Tennessee, 2026
Tennessee ranks No. 37 of 50 states with 0.51 public, open skateparks per 100,000 residents (37 parks, population 7,315,076). The national rate is 0.77.
Tennessee cities ranked
| In state | City | Parks | Population | Per 100k | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson City (Johnson City Public, Johnson City skatepark) | 2 | 74,943 | 2.67 | 22 of 824 |
| 2 | Knoxville (Concord Skatepark, Knoxville Skatepark) | 5 | 202,021 | 2.47 | 31 of 824 |
| 3 | Columbia (New life church) | 1 | 50,072 | 2.00 | 59 of 824 |
| 4 | Gallatin (Gallatin Skatepark) | 1 | 54,590 | 1.83 | 101 of 824 |
| 5 | Kingsport (Scott Adams Memorial Skatepark) | 1 | 57,530 | 1.74 | 121 of 824 |
| 6 | Hendersonville (Hendersonville Skatepark) | 1 | 64,266 | 1.56 | 178 of 824 |
| 7 | Jackson (Muse Skatepark) | 1 | 69,339 | 1.44 | 212 of 824 |
| 8 | Murfreesboro (Sun Skatepark, Old Fort Park Skatepark) | 2 | 171,178 | 1.17 | 287 of 824 |
| 9 | Franklin (Franklin Skatepark) | 1 | 90,226 | 1.11 | 305 of 824 |
| 10 | Clarksville (Heritage Skatepark) | 1 | 188,829 | 0.53 | 468 of 824 |
| 11 | Chattanooga (Chattown Skatepark) | 1 | 194,144 | 0.52 | 470 of 824 |
| 12 | Nashville (Two Rivers Skatepark, Sixth Avenue Skatepark) | 3 | 721,074 | 0.42 | 497 of 824 |
| 13 | Memphis (Memphis Skatepark) | 1 | 609,647 | 0.16 | 531 of 824 |
| 14 | Smyrna | 0 | 63,321 | 0.00 | 726 of 824 |
| 15 | Spring Hill | 0 | 61,336 | 0.00 | 744 of 824 |
| 16 | Bartlett | 0 | 56,416 | 0.00 | 774 of 824 |
| 17 | Lebanon | 0 | 53,412 | 0.00 | 794 of 824 |
| 18 | Collierville | 0 | 51,909 | 0.00 | 807 of 824 |
| 19 | Cleveland | 0 | 51,172 | 0.00 | 811 of 824 |
Skatepark deserts in Tennessee
Smyrna, Spring Hill, Bartlett, Lebanon, Collierville, Cleveland: cities of 50,000+ with no public skatepark listed inside the city limits.
Neighboring states
Downloads
Press: a ready-to-run release for Tennessee is at /press/2026/tennessee.md.
Methodology
Parks. Only skateparks in the Skatedex directory marked public and open are counted: entries flagged private or permanently closed are excluded, as are parks without a map location. Directory as of 2026-09-16.
Population. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 Population Estimates (resident population as of July 1, 2025): state totals and incorporated-place totals. Cities are Census places (incorporated cities, towns and villages), not metro areas; a park counts for the place named in its address, or, when the address does not name a Census place, for the place whose boundary-equivalent circle contains it. Parks in unincorporated areas count for their state but no city.
Rates. Parks per 100,000 residents = parks divided by population times 100,000. States are ranked 1 to 50 (District of Columbia is shown with cities). Cities are ranked among all 824 incorporated places with at least 50,000 residents. Ties are broken by park count, then population.
Skatepark deserts. Places of at least 50,000 residents with no public, open skatepark listed in the Skatedex directory inside them by either test above. A listing gap and a real gap look the same here, so each desert shows the nearest listed public park; if you know of a park inside a listed city, submit it and the next edition will count it.
Change since last year. This is the first edition; the 2027 edition will show movement against these numbers.
How this differs from the Skatedex Annual Index. The Annual Index 2026 counts every listed park, uses the prior Census vintage, and scores cities by parks within a 10-mile radius of the center. These rankings use the newest vintage, public and open parks only, and place boundaries, so ranks differ. Both are free to cite with a link.