Photo: Bedford · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Greensburg
10% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Greensburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Greensburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greensburg is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Greensburg’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
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4 conserved acres
under 1% of Greensburg’s land. Who manages Greensburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River (RM 207.8 to 30.5-Green River Lake Dam) Outstanding Resource Water State Other or Unknown | Other state land | 4 | Open |
4 places to go in Greensburg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3.5 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.
21 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
9 more on the History page.
The best walking months in Greensburg: April to 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) | 45 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 82 | 71 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Greensburg →
Questions about parks and trails in Greensburg
How much of Greensburg 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.
Where can I bike in Greensburg?
3.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Greensburg?
3,331 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greensburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Greensburg have?
Ahead of 4% 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 Greensburg 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 →