Photo: STONE8HENGE · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Anchorage
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.3 per 1,000 residents. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Anchorage, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #115 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Anchorage?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Anchorage have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Anchorage is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #115 of 142 in Kentucky. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Anchorage’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
2 named trails
0.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
33 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
21 more on the History page.
The walking year in Anchorage
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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 46 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Anchorage →
Anchorage and its neighbors
Anchorage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | under 1% | 0.4 | under 1 | 44% | C− |
| Middletown | 1% | 0.4 | 3 | 63% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Anchorage
How much of Anchorage is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Kentucky town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Where can I bike in Anchorage?
0.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Anchorage?
9,167 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Anchorage or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Anchorage have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #115 of 142 in Kentucky. 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 Anchorage 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 →