Doe Run Creek Historic District · Photo: Bedford · Public domainDoe Valley has 5.3 miles of mapped trails, 1.3 for every square mile of land
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Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Doe Valley?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Doe Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Doe Valley is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Doe Valley’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% of them.
Water is 12% of Doe Valley’s area (1 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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3 places to go in Doe Valley
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 playground without a name on the map.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
June is the best month for walking in Doe Valley
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 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 57 | 69 | 77 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 81 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
August is the driest month (3.4 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 Doe Valley →
Questions about parks and trails in Doe Valley
How much of Doe Valley 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 Doe Valley?
6,052 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Doe Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Doe Valley have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Doe Valley 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 →