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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Campbellsville

Campbellsville has 5.3 miles of mapped trails, 0.7 for every square mile of land

29% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Campbellsville’s land is conserved, about 62 acres. 101 acres are parks and preserves, 8.7 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns · #76 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
62 acres · of 7.6 sq mi of land
Trails
5.3 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
101 ac
8.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
29%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Campbellsville?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Campbellsville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Campbellsville is ahead of 38% of U.S. towns, #76 of 142 in Kentucky. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Campbellsville’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 38%
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Kentucky towns of 2,500+ (142)Ahead of 47%

Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Campbellsville’s 1% is ahead of 45% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 82% of 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Miller Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Miller Park

Park
60 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Veterans Memorial Park

Park
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto 3trees Parking

Miller Park Gazebo

Park
4 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

62 conserved acres

1% of Campbellsville’s land. Who manages Campbellsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city38 ac
County24 ac
Local Park · 62 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Robert L. Miller City Park
Local Park
Town or city38Open
Vetern'S Memorial Park
Local Park
County24Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Campbellsville

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

Playgrounds in Campbellsville

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
12Tennis
10Baseball
6Pickleball
4Soccer
4Softball
2Football
1Skate park
1Basketball

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

History along the way

8 places on the National Register

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

History →
Taylor County Clerk's OfficeBuilding · listed 1977
About it
Merchant's HotelBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Campbellsville Historic Commercial DistrictDistrict · listed 1983
About it
Jacob Hiestand HouseBuilding · listed 1983
About it
John Chandler HouseBuilding · listed 1987
About it
Campbellsville School, Stadium and Athletic FieldBuilding · listed 2007
About it
Campbellsville Residential Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2008
About it
James Caldwell HouseBuilding · listed 2011
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Campbellsville: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.214.714.513.612.411.210.19.6
High (°F)444858697684878681705747
Rain (in)3.94.14.94.85.24.95.03.64.13.73.54.7

November is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Campbellsville →

Questions about parks and trails in Campbellsville

Where can I hike in Campbellsville?

The longest trail networks: Miller Park, 0.4 miles; Miller Park Gazebo, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Campbellsville is conserved land?

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.

Are dogs allowed on Campbellsville’s trails?

Miller Park and Veterans Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Campbellsville?

4,134 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Campbellsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 101 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Campbellsville have?

Ahead of 38% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #76 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 Campbellsville 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 →