Few parks or trails are on the map in Pine Knot
27% of Pine Knot’s land is conserved, about 1,125 acres.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Pine Knot?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Pine Knot have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pine Knot is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds 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 Pine Knot’s 27% is ahead of 99% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% 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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1,125 conserved acres
27% of Pine Knot’s land. Who manages Pine Knot’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Boone National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1,125 | Open |
1 places to go in Pine Knot
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
The best walking months in Pine Knot: April to 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 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
October is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Pine Knot →
Questions about parks and trails in Pine Knot
How much of Pine Knot is conserved land?
27% 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 Pine Knot?
119,768 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pine Knot or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,134 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pine Knot have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Pine Knot 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 →