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Outdoors in Bloomfield

Few parks or trails are on the map in Bloomfield

2% of Bloomfield’s land is conserved, about 17 acres. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents. 64% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
17 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
64%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Bloomfield?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Bloomfield have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bloomfield is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bloomfield’s overall grade.
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 Bloomfield’s 2% is ahead of 59% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Bloomfield. 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
Who protects it

17 conserved acres

2% of Bloomfield’s land. Who manages Bloomfield’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city17 ac
Local Park · 17 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Bloomfield City Park
Local Park
Town or city13Open
Bloomfield Memorial Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Bloomfield

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

Playgrounds in Bloomfield

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
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Walnut Groves FarmBuilding · listed 1980
About it
John Stone HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Henry Duncan HouseBuilding · listed 1990
About it
Bloomfield Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1991
About it
When to get out

The walking year in Bloomfield

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)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.513.612.411.110.19.5
High (°F)424757687684878680695646
Rain (in)3.63.64.64.85.45.14.83.53.83.83.54.2

August is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bloomfield →

Questions about parks and trails in Bloomfield

How much of Bloomfield is conserved land?

2% 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.

Is there public land near Bloomfield?

10,526 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bloomfield or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield 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 →