Few parks or trails are on the map in Windy Hills
4 acres are parks and preserves, 1.9 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Windy Hills’ land is conserved, about 10 acres. 46% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Windy Hills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Windy Hills is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Kentucky towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Windy Hills’ 2% is ahead of 51% of Kentucky towns, while its trails per square mile lead 44% 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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10 conserved acres
2% of Windy Hills’ land. Who manages Windy Hills’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
0.1 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 walking year in Windy Hills
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 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 47 | 57 | 68 | 77 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 81 | 69 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
January is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 5.3 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Windy Hills →
Windy Hills and its neighbors
Windy Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Hills | 2% | 0.2 | 2 | 46% | C− |
| St. Matthews | 4% | 0.6 | 7 | 84% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Windy Hills
How much of Windy Hills is conserved land?
2% 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.
Where can I bike in Windy Hills?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Windy Hills?
10,573 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Windy Hills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Windy Hills have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Windy Hills 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 →