Outdoors · Prospect

Prospect, KY parks, trails & bike paths

About 20% of Prospect is conserved land, roughly 506 acres. There are about 3.7 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Prospect, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Prospect outdoors

Conserved land
20%
506 of 2,486 acres
Trails
3.7 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
0
111 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.
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Prospect
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 3.4 mi
  • Harrods Creek Park Trail3.6 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

506 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
334 ac
Joint
130 ac
State conservation
24 ac
Town or city
24 ac
Private owners
16 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 336 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

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

  • Tennis2
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Prospect

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 334 acLocal Park 155 acConservation Easement 24 acPrivate Conservation 16 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Harrods Creek ParkLocal ParkJoint125Open
Putney Pond and WoodlandsLocal ParkTown or city24Open
Garvin Brown PreservePrivate ConservationPrivate owners16Open
Little Hunting Creek ParkLocal ParkJoint4Open
Cowley ParkLocal ParkJoint2Open
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Prospect'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.

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