Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Brodhead
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Brodhead, 0.1 per square mile of land. 2% of Brodhead’s land is conserved, about 16 acres. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Brodhead have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brodhead is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Brodhead’s 2% is ahead of 49% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% 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
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16 conserved acres
2% of Brodhead’s land. Who manages Brodhead’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockastle County Park Local Park | County | 16 | Open |
4 places to go in Brodhead
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 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.
The best walking months in Brodhead: April and August
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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 57 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
November is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Brodhead →
Questions about parks and trails in Brodhead
How much of Brodhead 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 Brodhead?
4,852 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brodhead or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Brodhead have?
Ahead of 32% 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 Brodhead 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 →