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Lincoln Ridge Park
Park
71 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Independence
Independence, KY parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.6% of Independence is conserved land, roughly 758 acres. There are about 5.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lincoln Ridge Park (1.1 mi), Memorial Park (0.7 mi), and Manor Hill Community Walking and Nature Trails (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Independence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Independence outdoors
Conserved land
6.6%
758 of 11,473 acres
Trails
5.8 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
2.8 mi lanes · 0.3 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.
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Memorial Park
Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Manor Hill Community Walking and Nature Trails
Park
7 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Fox Run Park
Managed by Kenton County
550 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Sterling Staggs Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Wolsing Trails & Wetlands22 ac
- Richardson Road Park12 ac · Directions
- Glenhurst Park5 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
758 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Basketball12
- Soccer7
- Tennis4
- Football4
- Pickleball3
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Independence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | 6.6% | 5.8 mi | 8 |
| Erlanger | 1.9% | 2.5 mi | 5 |
| Ryland Heights | 0.8% | 1.7 mi | 0 |
| Covington | 9.6% | 19.4 mi | 15 |
| Elsmere | 1.3% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Independence'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.