Few parks or trails are on the map in Vine Grove
0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Vine Grove, 0.1 per square mile of land. 45% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1% of Vine Grove’s land is conserved, about 50 acres.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns · #101 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
How much outdoors does Vine Grove have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Vine Grove is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #101 of 142 in Kentucky. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Vine Grove’s 1% is ahead of 38% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 26% 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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50 conserved acres
1% of Vine Grove’s land. Who manages Vine Grove’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimist Park Local Park | Town or city | 37 | Open |
| Scheible & Canaday Park Local Park | Town or city | 13 | Open |
2 places to go in Vine Grove
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 dog park 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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
June is the best month for walking in Vine Grove
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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 47 | 57 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
August is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Vine Grove →
Vine Grove and its neighbors
Vine Grove has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine Grove | 1% | 0.1 | 9 | 45% | C− |
| Radcliff | 1% | 0.1 | 4 | 35% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Vine Grove
How much of Vine Grove is conserved land?
1% 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 Vine Grove?
3,405 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Vine Grove or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 60 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Vine Grove have?
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #101 of 142 in Kentucky. 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 Vine Grove 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 →