Outdoors · Virginia

Virginia, SD parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.1% of Virginia is conserved land, roughly 775 acres. There are about 1.0 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Virginia outdoors

Conserved land
3.1%
775 of 24,873 acres
Trails
1.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
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

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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.
1

Oak Grove Wildlife Management Area

Nature preserve
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

775 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife
492 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
331 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 284 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
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Virginia

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Conservation Area 492 acConservation Easement 331 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Petry HarmelinkState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife305Restricted
Cut Off BendState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife87Restricted
Petry-conwayState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife71Restricted
LynotteState Conservation AreaState fish & wildlife28Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Pleasant Valley CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Virginia and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Virginia3.1%1.0 mi1
Eden1.5%0.6 mi1
Big Springs0%6.7 mi0
Sioux Valley1.3%0.8 mi2
Hawarden5.3%0.8 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Virginia'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 26.9-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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