Photo: Jim.henderson · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Earlington
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Earlington. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 7.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Earlington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Earlington is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Earlington’s under 1% is ahead of 23% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
7 conserved acres
under 1% of Earlington’s land. Who manages Earlington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earlington City Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
2 places to go in Earlington
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.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Earlington: 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 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
August is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Earlington →
Earlington and its neighbors
Earlington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earlington | under 1% | under 0.1 | 8 | 32% | C− |
| Madisonville | 3% | 0.4 | 41 | 48% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Earlington
How much of Earlington 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 Earlington’s trails?
Price Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Earlington?
15,191 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Earlington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Earlington 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 Earlington 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 →