Photo: Publichall · Public domainMount Sterling has 5.3 miles of mapped trails, 1.2 for every square mile of land
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Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #125 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Sterling?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Mount Sterling have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Sterling is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #125 of 142 in Kentucky. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mount Sterling’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% 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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4 places to go in Mount Sterling
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
14 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
2 more on the History page.
The best walking months in Mount Sterling: 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 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 47 | 56 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
November is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Sterling →
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Sterling
How much of Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling?
1,106 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Sterling or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mount Sterling have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #125 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 Mount Sterling 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 →