Grant County Park
Park
51 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Crittenden
Crittenden has 95 acres of parks, 23 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Crittenden. 40% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4% of Crittenden’s land is conserved, about 92 acres.
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns · #72 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
92 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
95 ac
23 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Crittenden have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Crittenden is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns, #72 of 142 in Kentucky. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Crittenden’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical KY town 2% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KY 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land23 acres of park per 1,000 residents (95 acres) · KY 8 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home40% of residents within a half mile of a park · KY 59% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 39%
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Kentucky towns of 2,500+ (142)Ahead of 50%
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Crittenden’s 4% is ahead of 82% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildife
41 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
92 conserved acres
4% of Crittenden’s land. Who manages Crittenden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County52 ac
State fish & wildlife40 ac
Local Park · 52 acState Conservation Area · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County Park Local Park | County | 52 | Open |
| Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 40 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Crittenden
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Crittenden
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
5Baseball
3Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
August is the best month for walking in Crittenden
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 54 | 66 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Crittenden →
Next door
Crittenden and its neighbors
Crittenden has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crittenden | 4% | under 0.1 | 23 | 40% | C+ |
| Verona | 4% | 0.2 | 53 | 31% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Crittenden
How much of Crittenden is conserved land?
4% 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 Crittenden’s trails?
Grant County Park and Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Crittenden?
3,295 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Crittenden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 95 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Crittenden have?
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #72 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 Crittenden 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 →