Photo: FatCat96 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Jenkins
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 3.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Jenkins, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Jenkins have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jenkins is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Jenkins’ under 1% is ahead of 12% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% 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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8 conserved acres
under 1% of Jenkins’ land. Who manages Jenkins’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 4 | Open |
| Jenkins City Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Little Laurel Park Home to Fish Pond Lake Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Jenkins
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 scenic view without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Jenkins: April, June and August
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) | 43 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
October is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Jenkins →
Jenkins and its neighbors
Jenkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | under 1% | 0.1 | 4 | 9% | D |
| Payne Gap | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Jenkins
How much of Jenkins 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 Jenkins?
17,200 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jenkins or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 16 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Jenkins have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Jenkins 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 →