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Falling Creek Park
Park
44 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bensley
Bensley, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.6% of Bensley is conserved land, roughly 103 acres. Bensley has 5 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bensley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bensley outdoors
Conserved land
5.6%
103 of 1,845 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 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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Falling Creek Linear Park
Park
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Falling Creek Ironworks
Managed by Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation
11 acres0.1 mi of trail
Yellow Blaze Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Gates Mill Park
Managed by Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation
10 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails
Named trails
- Yellow Blaze Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
103 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 paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bensley
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 206 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Creek Linear ParkLocal Park | County | 206 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cary CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Bensley and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensley | 5.6% | 0.4 mi | 5 |
| Bellwood | 1.4% | 2.2 mi | 3 |
| Meadowbrook | 0.4% | 4.9 mi | 1 |
| Richmond | 7.7% | 102.4 mi | 72 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bensley'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.