Briar Hill Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Orchard Grass Hills
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Orchard Grass Hills
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Orchard Grass Hills’ land is conserved, about 5 acres.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
5 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
3.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Orchard Grass Hills?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Orchard Grass Hills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Orchard Grass Hills is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Orchard Grass Hills’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical KY town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · KY 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · KY 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · KY 59% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Orchard Grass Hills’ 2% is ahead of 63% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Orchard Grass Hills. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. 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
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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
5 conserved acres
2% of Orchard Grass Hills’ land. Who manages Orchard Grass Hills’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County5 ac
Local Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill Park Local Park | County | 5 | Open |
When to get out
The walking year in Orchard Grass Hills
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) | 41 | 46 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Orchard Grass Hills →
Questions about parks and trails in Orchard Grass Hills
How much of Orchard Grass Hills is conserved land?
2% 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 Orchard Grass Hills’ trails?
Briar Hill Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Orchard Grass Hills?
8,501 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Orchard Grass Hills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Orchard Grass Hills have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Orchard Grass Hills 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 →