Outdoors · Fries

Fries, VA parks, trails & bike paths

About 23% of Fries is conserved land, roughly 120 acres. Fries has 1 named park and preserve on the map.

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

At a glance

Fries outdoors

Conserved land
23%
120 of 524 acres
Trails
0.6 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
1.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.1 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

New River Trail State Park

Park
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

120 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land
107 ac
State conservation
10 ac
Not recorded
13 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 107 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. 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 paths1.1 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Fries

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Unknown Easement 107 acState Park 23 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
New River Trail State ParkState ParkNot recorded23Open
History

Historic places to visit

Fries CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Fries'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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