Kentucky Ridge Forest Wildlife Mangement Area
Nature preserve
934 acres1.5 mi of trail
Laurel Cove TrailChained Rock Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: J654567 · CC BY-SA 3.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Pineville
39% of Pineville’s land is conserved: 830 acres
823 acres are parks and preserves, 399 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Kentucky Ridge Forest Wildlife Mangement Area (1.5 mi). 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Pineville, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
39%
830 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
823 ac
399 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
67%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Pineville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pineville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pineville is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.
A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pineville’s overall grade.
Conserved land39% of the land · typical KY town 2% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · KY 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land399 acres of park per 1,000 residents (823 acres) · KY 8 · U.S. 13AParks close to home67% 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 90%
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Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pineville’s 39% is ahead of 100% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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 Kentucky Ridge Forest Wildlife Mangement Area, with 1.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Kentucky Ridge State Forest
Managed by Kentucky Division of Forestry
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Managed by Kentucky Deparment of Parks
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
830 conserved acres
39% of Pineville’s land. Who manages Pineville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks825 ac
Joint352 ac
State natural resources5 ac
Town or city1 ac
State Park · 825 acState Conservation Area · 352 acState Resource Management Area · 5 acLocal Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain State Resort Park State Park | State parks | 825 | Open |
| Pine Mountain State Park State Nature Preserve State Conservation Area | Joint | 352 | Open |
| Kentucky Ridge State Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 5 | Open |
| Walnut Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Pineville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Pineville
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
2 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.5 mi
Laurel Cove Trail1.1 mi
Chained Rock Trail0.4 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for 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
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Pineville Courthouse Square Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1990
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Pineville: April to 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 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
October is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Pineville →
Questions about parks and trails in Pineville
Where can I hike in Pineville?
The longest trail networks: Kentucky Ridge Forest Wildlife Mangement Area, 1.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Pineville is conserved land?
39% 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 Pineville’s trails?
Kentucky Ridge Forest Wildlife Mangement Area and Kentucky Ridge State Forest don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pineville?
22,951 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pineville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 829 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Pineville have?
Ahead of 90% 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 Pineville 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 →