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Darden Towe Park
Park
115 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Pantops
Pantops, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.4% of Pantops is conserved land, roughly 128 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Darden Towe Park (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pantops, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pantops outdoors
Conserved land
8.4%
128 of 1,525 acres
Trails
10 mi
4.3 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.1 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.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Pantops
Showing 1–10 of 13 playgrounds
Cascadia POA Playground
Community Playground
Fontana Swim and Tennis Club Playground
Unnamed playground in Darden Towe Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.8 miHorses 0.8 miUnpaved 5.6 mi
- Old Mills Trail2.0 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
128 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Pickleball6
- Tennis6
- Soccer5
- Baseball4
- Basketball2
- Cricket1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Pantops
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 255 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darden Towne ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 231 | Open |
| Albemarle County GreenwayLocal Park | Not recorded | 22 | Open |
| Pen ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Riverview ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
Nearby
Pantops and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pantops | 8.4% | 10.4 mi | 1 |
| Charlottesville | 10.2% | 23.1 mi | 28 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pantops'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.