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George Washington National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
4,137 acres8 mi of trail
Forest Road #1823
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sherando
Sherando, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 43% of Sherando is conserved land, roughly 1,948 acres. There are about 8.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in George Washington National Forest (8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sherando, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sherando outdoors
Conserved land
43%
1,948 of 4,542 acres
Trails
8.2 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
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
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.
Trails
Named trails
- Forest Road #18231.9 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,948 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sherando
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 1,947 acState Conservation Area 3 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 1,947 | Open |
| Lyndhurst Ponds State Natural Area PreserveState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 1 | Restricted |
| Lyndhurst PondsState Conservation Area | State conservation | 1 | Restricted |
Nearby
Sherando and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherando | 42.9% | 8.2 mi | 1 |
| Lyndhurst | 5% | 10.8 mi | 1 |
| Stuarts Draft | 10.5% | 28.1 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sherando'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.