Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Appomattox has 2 acres of parks, 1.1 for every 1,000 residents
1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Appomattox, 0.6 per square mile of land. 57% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Appomattox’s land is conserved, about 49 acres.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Appomattox have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Appomattox is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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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49 conserved acres
3% of Appomattox’s land. Who manages Appomattox’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABT Holding Private Historic or Cultural | Not recorded | 46 | Restricted |
| CWT Holding Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 46 | Restricted |
| Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Historic or Cultural Area | National Park Service | 3 | Restricted |
1 places to go in Appomattox
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Appomattox: April and June 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Appomattox →
Questions about parks and trails in Appomattox
How much of Appomattox is conserved land?
3% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Virginia town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Appomattox?
12,004 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Appomattox or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Appomattox have?
Ahead of 41% 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 Appomattox 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 →