Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Tompkinsville
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 59 acres are parks and preserves, 22 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Tompkinsville, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Tompkinsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tompkinsville is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident 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 Tompkinsville’s 3% is ahead of 71% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 33% 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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58 conserved acres
3% of Tompkinsville’s land. Who manages Tompkinsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Park Local Park | Town or city | 58 | Open |
2 places to go in Tompkinsville
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Tompkinsville: April to June
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) | 46 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 59 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
October is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.2 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tompkinsville →
Questions about parks and trails in Tompkinsville
How much of Tompkinsville is conserved land?
3% 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 Tompkinsville?
1,079 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tompkinsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 59 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Tompkinsville have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Tompkinsville 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 →