Outdoors · Halifax

Halifax, VA parks, trails & bike paths

About 1.2% of Halifax is conserved land, roughly 29 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Halifax outdoors

Conserved land
1.2%
29 of 2,440 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
0
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
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

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.
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

29 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
29 ac
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

  • Tennis3
  • Baseball3

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Halifax

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 29 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Unknown ParkLocal ParkCounty29Open
History

Historic places to visit

Halifax Veterans MemorialWar memorial
Mountain Road Historic DistrictDistrict
Halifax Town CemeteryCemetery
Saint Johns Episcopal Church CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Halifax and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Halifax1.2%2.0 mi0
Mountain Road2%5.6 mi0
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Halifax'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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