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Short Pump Park
Park
49 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Short Pump
Short Pump, VA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.4% of Short Pump is conserved land, roughly 314 acres. There are about 3.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Short Pump Park (0.9 mi), Twin Hickory Park (0.9 mi), and Pouncey Tract Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Short Pump, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Short Pump outdoors
Conserved land
5.4%
314 of 5,767 acres
Trails
3.4 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.5 mi
7.2 mi lanes · 4.3 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.
2
Twin Hickory Park
Park
48 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Pouncey Tract Park
Park
25 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Tuckahoe Creek Park
Managed by Henrico County Recreation and Parks
71 acres
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Short Pump
Showing 1–10 of 25 playgrounds
Bacova Playground
Goddard Playground
Shady Grove YMCA Playground
Train Depot & Children's Play Area
Twin Hickory PlaygroundIn Twin Hickory Park
Twin Hickory Recreation Center PlaygroundIn Twin Hickory Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Short Pump Park
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
314 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes7.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis52
- Soccer22
- Basketball8
- Baseball8
- Football5
- Pickleball5
- Tracks3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Short Pump
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 625 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kain Road PropertyLocal Park | Not recorded | 240 | Open |
| Tuckahoe Creek ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 140 | Open |
| Short Pump ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 98 | Open |
| Twin Hickory ParkLocal Park | County | 97 | Open |
| Pouncey Tract ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 46 | Open |
| Nuckols Farm ParkLocal Park | County | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
North Gayton CemeteryCemetery
Shady Grove CemeteryCemetery
Springfield CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Short Pump and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Short Pump'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.