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Outdoors in Kuttawa

More than half of Kuttawa’s land is conserved: 61%

61% of Kuttawa’s land is conserved, about 860 acres. 126 acres are parks and preserves, 214 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Kuttawa.

Conserved land
61%
860 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
126 ac
214 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
55%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
436 ft
Buzzard Rock
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Who protects it

860 conserved acres

61% of Kuttawa’s land. Water is left out: Kuttawa has 2.2 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kuttawa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Army Corps of Engineers760 ac
State parks102 ac
Town or city6 ac
Recreation Management Area · 760 acState Park · 102 acLocal Park · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Barkley Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers760Open
Mineral Mound State Park
State Park
State parks102Open
Glenn Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Kuttawa

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Kuttawa
Buzzard Rock436 ft elevation
Directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

June is the best month for walking in Kuttawa

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.114.714.513.612.411.210.19.6
High (°F)444959707886898882715848
Rain (in)3.84.04.74.95.04.44.43.33.53.84.14.4

August is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kuttawa →

Next door

Kuttawa and its neighbors

Kuttawa has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Kuttawa— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Eddyville31%0.419253%A−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Kuttawa

Are dogs allowed on Kuttawa’s trails?

Mineral Mound State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Kuttawa?

9,617 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kuttawa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 419 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Kuttawa neighbors.

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Sources

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 →