Louisville and Nashville Railroad Depot · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCorbin has 20 acres of parks, 2.5 for every 1,000 residents
54% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #127 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Corbin?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Corbin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Corbin is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #127 of 142 in Kentucky. 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 Corbin’s under 1% is ahead of 18% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
St. John's Park
16 conserved acres
under 1% of Corbin’s land. Who manages Corbin’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Corbin Rotary Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Corbin City Pool Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Daniel Boone National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1 | Open |
| St John'S Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
6 places to go in Corbin
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Corbin: April to June 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Corbin →
Questions about parks and trails in Corbin
How much of Corbin 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.
Are dogs allowed on Corbin’s trails?
Rotary Park South and St. John's Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Corbin?
61,806 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Corbin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Corbin have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #127 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 Corbin 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 →