Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Clay
2% of Clay’s land is conserved, about 9 acres. 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 9 acres are parks and preserves, 9.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Clay have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clay is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Clay’s 2% is ahead of 51% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% 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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9 conserved acres
2% of Clay’s land. Who manages Clay’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
1 places to go in Clay
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
June is the best month for walking in Clay
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 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 58 | 69 | 78 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
August is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.9 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Clay →
Questions about parks and trails in Clay
How much of Clay 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 Clay?
1,720 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clay or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Clay have?
Ahead of 29% 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 Clay 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 →