Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Cave City
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Cave City. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 4.5 per 1,000 residents. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Cave City?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Cave City have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cave City is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Cave City’s under 1% is ahead of 21% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 18% 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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13 conserved acres
under 1% of Cave City’s land. Who manages Cave City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Doyle Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Roy Dickey Reynolds Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Cave City - Caverna School Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2 places to go in Cave City
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 lakes & rivers
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Cave City: 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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 50 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
August is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cave City →
Questions about parks and trails in Cave City
How much of Cave City 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.
Is there public land near Cave City?
35,057 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cave City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Cave City have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Cave City 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 →