Thomas Chapel C.M.E. Church · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHickman has 19 acres of parks, 8.9 for every 1,000 residents
1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Hickman, 0.5 per square mile of land. 70% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hickman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hickman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hickman is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. 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 Hickman’s 1% is ahead of 32% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 70% 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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19 conserved acres
1% of Hickman’s land. Who manages Hickman’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman City Park/Jeff Green Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Hickman Downtown Park/Floyd Keith Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Park Street City Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Harrison Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
4 places to go in Hickman
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.
2 boat launches 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.
6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The walking year in Hickman
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 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.3 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hickman →
Questions about parks and trails in Hickman
How much of Hickman is conserved land?
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 Hickman?
5,734 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hickman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hickman have?
Ahead of 44% 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 Hickman 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 →