Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Bowling Green
12% of Bowling Green’s land is conserved, about 123 acres. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Bowling Green, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bowling Green?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bowling Green have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bowling Green is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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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123 conserved acres
12% of Bowling Green’s land. Who manages Bowling Green’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 123 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
2 places to go in Bowling Green
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.
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Bowling Green: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 70 | 59 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bowling Green →
Questions about parks and trails in Bowling Green
How much of Bowling Green is conserved land?
12% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Virginia town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Bowling Green?
3,546 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bowling Green or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bowling Green have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Bowling Green 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 →