Few parks or trails are on the map in Hendron
4.3 miles of mapped trail cross Hendron, 0.8 per square mile of land. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 9% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #117 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hendron?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hendron have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hendron is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #117 of 142 in Kentucky. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hendron’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% 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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Hendron’s land. Who manages Hendron’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paxton Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
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.
June is the best month for walking in Hendron
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 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
August is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.1 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hendron →
Hendron and its neighbors
Hendron has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Hendron
How much of Hendron 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 Hendron?
3,416 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hendron or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hendron have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #117 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 Hendron 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 →