Rodburn Hollow Park
Park
24 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Morehead
19% of Morehead’s land is conserved: 1,170 acres
8.5 miles of mapped trail cross Morehead, 0.9 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Rodburn Hollow Park (0.7 mi). 75% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 82% of U.S. towns · #10 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
Conserved land
19%
1,170 acres · of 9.7 sq mi of land
Trails
8.5 mi
0.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
104 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
75%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Morehead?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Morehead have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Morehead is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns, #10 of 142 in Kentucky. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Morehead’s overall grade.
Conserved land19% of the land · typical KY town 2% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (9 mi) · KY 0.3 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land15 acres of park per 1,000 residents (104 acres) · KY 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home75% of residents within a half mile of a park · KY 59% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 82%
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Kentucky towns of 2,500+ (142)Ahead of 94%
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Morehead’s 19% is ahead of 99% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 90% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Rodburn Hollow Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Morehead Memorial Tree Walk
Park
20 acres0.4 mi of trail
Morehead Memorial Tree Walk
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Don Greenhill Park
Managed by Morehead Parks and Recreation
33 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dogs on leash
Directionsto the parking lot
Bill Mahaney Recreation Complex
Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
Rodburn Hollow Park24 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Morehead Memorial Tree Walk20 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
DirectionsDon Greenhill Park33 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Morehead Parks and Recreation
DirectionsBill Mahaney Recreation Complex12 acres
Boone Hollan Wetlands & Nature Trails8 acres
Pocket Park1 acres
DirectionsFountain Park1 acres
Who protects it
1,170 conserved acres
19% of Morehead’s land. Who manages Morehead’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service1,155 ac
Town or city14 ac
National Forest · 1,155 acLocal Park · 14 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Boone National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1,155 | Open |
| Don Greenhill Park Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Morehead Tree Walk Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Morehead
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Morehead
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
7 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 4.2 mi
Sheltowee Trace Trail #1001.9 mi
Martins Branch Trail #1191.1 mi
Sheltowee Trace #1000.7 mi
Morehead Memorial Tree Walk0.4 mi
Shetlowee Trace #1000.3 mi
Eagle Lake Trail0.1 mi
Cr-13980.1 mi
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
5Baseball
2Softball
2Soccer
2Basketball
2Football
1Skate park
1Multi-sport
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →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.
Morehead State UniversityDistrict · listed 1994
About itMorehead Voting House No. 10Building · listed 1998
About itMorehead Voting House No. 7Building · listed 1998
About itMorehead Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Freight DepotBuilding · listed 2016
About itRowan County CourthouseBuilding · listed 2017
About itDowntown Morehead Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2022
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Morehead: April 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 47 | 57 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
November is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Morehead →
Questions about parks and trails in Morehead
Where can I hike in Morehead?
The longest trail networks: Rodburn Hollow Park, 0.7 miles; Morehead Memorial Tree Walk, 0.4 miles; Don Greenhill Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Morehead is conserved land?
19% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Morehead’s trails?
OpenStreetMap records dogs as welcome at Don Greenhill Park (on leash). For the rest, check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Morehead?
85,892 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morehead or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,247 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Morehead have?
Ahead of 82% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #10 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 Morehead 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 →