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The Charles and Betty Russel Park
Park
51 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
Outdoors · Ashland
Ashland, KY parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.5% of Ashland is conserved land, roughly 102 acres. There are about 3.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in The Charles and Betty Russel Park (2.1 mi) and Central Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ashland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ashland outdoors
Conserved land
1.5%
102 of 6,855 acres
Trails
3.0 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
5 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Central Park
Managed by City of Ashland
51 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Armco Steel Sports Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Riverfront Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
- New Park3 ac
- Southside Park2 ac
- Joseph P. Harris Park1 ac
Who protects the land
102 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Pickleball14
- Tennis12
- Baseball7
- Basketball2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ashland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | 1.5% | 3.0 mi | 7 |
| Catlettsburg | 1% | 1.2 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ashland's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.