Outdoors · Clifton

Clifton, VA parks, trails & bike paths

About 8.9% of Clifton is conserved land, roughly 14 acres. Clifton has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Clifton outdoors

Conserved land
8.9%
14 of 159 acres
Trails
0.7 mi
3.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
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

12
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

Clifton Creek Trail Park

Managed by Town of Clifton
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Clifton Creek TrailClifton Creek Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Harriet and William Harris Park

Managed by Town of Clifton
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Clifton
Clifton Town Park PlaygroundIn Harriet and William Harris Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 0.7 mi
  • Clifton Creek Trail0.3 mi
  • Clifton Creek Loop Trail0.1 mi
Who protects the land

14 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
28 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 14 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

  • Basketball1

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

History

Historic places to visit

Clifton Betterment Association BarnBuilding
Clifton Historic DistrictDistrict
Nearby

Clifton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Clifton8.9%0.7 mi2
Union Mill6.9%3.5 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Clifton'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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