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Leopold's Preserve
Managed by White House Farm Foundation
339 acres6.9 mi of trail
Leopold's LoopPinkard's LoopMeadow LoopWarbler LoopWood Frog Loop
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Gainesville
Gainesville, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.8% of Gainesville is conserved land, roughly 393 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Leopold's Preserve (6.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Gainesville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Gainesville outdoors
Conserved land
5.8%
393 of 6,798 acres
Trails
17 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
22 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 10.8 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.
2
Elizabeth Nickens Park Site
Nature preserve
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Public pools in Gainesville
Broad Run Oaks Community Pool
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 7.8 mi
- Leopold's Loop3.6 mi
- Pinkard's Loop0.8 mi
- Meadow Loop0.3 mi
- Warbler Loop0.2 mi
- Wood Frog Loop0.2 mi
- Leopold Connector0.1 mi
- Butterfly Loop0.1 mi
- Pinkard's Connector0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
393 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 393 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 paths10.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis28
- Basketball14
- Baseball7
- Soccer4
- Football3
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
History
Historic places to visit
Brown CemetaryCemetery
Brown CemeteryCemetery
Gainesville United Methodist Church CemeteryCemetery
Greenhill Farm CemeteryCemetery
King CemeteryCemetery
Mount Pleasant Baptist CemeteryCemetery
Pinkard CemeteryCemetery
Tyler CemeteryCemetery
WarhurstCemetery
Watson-BarberCemetery
Nearby
Gainesville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 5.8% | 17.0 mi | 2 |
| Linton Hall | 5.2% | 12.0 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Gainesville'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.