Verona High School · Photo: Bill Eichelberger · CC BY-SA 4.0Verona has 73 acres of parks, 53 for every 1,000 residents
31% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.2 miles of mapped trail cross Verona, 0.2 per square mile of land. 4% of Verona’s land is conserved, about 275 acres.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Verona?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Verona have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Verona is ahead of 49% 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 Verona’s 4% is ahead of 79% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 38% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
275 conserved acres
4% of Verona’s land. Who manages Verona’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waller Stephenson Mill Park Local Park | County | 203 | Restricted |
| Bullock Pen Lake State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 66 | Open |
| Fire Department Park Local Recreation Area | Regional agency | 7 | Open |
16 places to go in Verona
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
14 campgrounds without a name on the map.
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
August is the best month for walking in Verona
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 45 | 54 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
November is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Verona →
Verona and its neighbors
Verona has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | 4% | 0.2 | 53 | 31% | B− |
| Crittenden | 4% | under 0.1 | 23 | 40% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Verona
How much of Verona is conserved land?
4% 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 Verona?
4,654 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Verona or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 73 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Verona have?
Ahead of 49% 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 Verona 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 →