Harriet Funk House · Photo: Wdzinc · CC BY-SA 3.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Hurstbourne Acres
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hurstbourne Acres?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hurstbourne Acres have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hurstbourne Acres is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hurstbourne Acres’ 1% is ahead of 27% 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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2 conserved acres
1% of Hurstbourne Acres’ land. Who manages Hurstbourne Acres’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel B. Welch Park Local Park | Joint | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in Hurstbourne Acres
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.
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The walking year in Hurstbourne Acres
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 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 47 | 57 | 68 | 77 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 81 | 69 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hurstbourne Acres →
Hurstbourne Acres and its neighbors
Hurstbourne Acres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurstbourne Acres | 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 99%+ | C |
| Jeffersontown | 2% | 0.1 | 5 | 63% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hurstbourne Acres
How much of Hurstbourne Acres 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.
Where can I bike in Hurstbourne Acres?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Hurstbourne Acres?
9,447 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hurstbourne Acres or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Hurstbourne Acres have?
Ahead of 26% 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 Hurstbourne Acres 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 →