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Outdoors in Glen Allen

Few parks or trails are on the map in Glen Allen

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Glen Allen yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 6.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

2 conserved acres

under 1% of Glen Allen’s land. Who manages Glen Allen’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources2 ac
Resource Management Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State-owned Submerged Lands
Resource Management Area
State natural resources2Open
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

May is the best month for walking in Glen Allen

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.110.911.913.013.914.414.213.412.311.310.39.9
High (°F)535866748188909085756455
Rain (in)5.65.85.55.94.94.95.34.13.93.94.66.1

October is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Glen Allen →

Next door

Glen Allen and its neighbors

Glen Allen has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Glen Allen— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Winfieldunder 1%0.11120%D

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Glen Allen

Is there public land near Glen Allen?

532 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glen Allen or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Glen Allen neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →