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Outdoors in Brookeville

21% of Brookeville’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 21% of Brookeville’s land is conserved, about 22 acres. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 65 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
21%
22 acres · of 0.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
65 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Reddy Branch Stream Valley Park

Managed by Montgomery Parks
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it

22 conserved acres

21% of Brookeville’s land. Who manages Brookeville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government12 ac
County2 ac
Other state land1 ac
Not recorded20 ac
State Other or Unknown · 20 acLocal Park · 10 acConservation Easement · 3 acHistoric or Cultural Easement · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Reddy Branch Park
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded24Unknown
Rock Creek Stream Valley Park
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded6Unknown
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Brookeville Woolen Mill and HouseDistrict · listed 1978
About it
Brookeville Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1979
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Brookeville: April to June and August

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)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)424553657482868478675546
Rain (in)3.12.73.83.64.44.34.53.94.43.93.33.7

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brookeville →

Next door

Brookeville and its neighbors

Brookeville 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
Brookeville— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Olney19%1.12195%A

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

Questions about parks and trails in Brookeville

Are dogs allowed on Brookeville’s trails?

Reddy Branch Stream Valley Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Brookeville?

16,421 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brookeville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Brookeville neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →