Auburn City Park
Park
25 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
South Union Shaker Center House and Preservatory · Photo: E.R. Pearson · Public domainB−Outdoors
Outdoors in Auburn
6% of Auburn’s land is conserved: 72 acres
43 acres are parks and preserves, 24 per 1,000 residents. 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
72 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
43 ac
24 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Auburn?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Auburn have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Auburn is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Auburn’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical KY town 2% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KY 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land24 acres of park per 1,000 residents (43 acres) · KY 8 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home75% of residents within a half mile of a park · KY 59% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Auburn’s 6% is ahead of 89% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Auburn. 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 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.
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.
Who protects it
72 conserved acres
6% of Auburn’s land. Who manages Auburn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city42 ac
Other state land31 ac
Local Park · 42 acState Other or Unknown · 31 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mccutchen-Coke Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 42 | Open |
| Halls Prairie State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 31 | Open |
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
3Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 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 Auburn: April and June
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 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 50 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
January is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Auburn →
Questions about parks and trails in Auburn
How much of Auburn is conserved land?
6% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Auburn’s trails?
Auburn City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Auburn?
669 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Auburn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 76 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Auburn have?
Ahead of 48% 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 Auburn 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 →