Sherrill's Inn · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Fairview
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Fairview, 0.1 per square mile of land. 3% of Fairview’s land is conserved, about 103 acres.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fairview?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fairview have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairview is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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103 conserved acres
3% of Fairview’s land. Who manages Fairview’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 57 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 14 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC Land and Water Fund Project State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 45 | Restricted |
| Buncombe County Park Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
2 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Fairview: April to 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
February is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 5.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Fairview →
Questions about parks and trails in Fairview
How much of Fairview is conserved land?
3% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Carolina town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Fairview?
11,498 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairview or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fairview have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fairview neighbors.
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 →