Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBracey has 11 miles of mapped trails, 0.8 for every square mile of land
4% of Bracey’s land is conserved, about 373 acres.
Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Bracey?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Bracey have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bracey is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Water is 13% of Bracey’s area (2 of 15 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
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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373 conserved acres
4% of Bracey’s land. Water is left out: Bracey has 13.0 square miles of land and 2.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bracey’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 373 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Bracey: April and May
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 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 53 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 86 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 72 | 61 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bracey →
Questions about parks and trails in Bracey
How much of Bracey is conserved land?
4% 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 Bracey?
4,157 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bracey or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bracey have?
Ahead of 27% 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 Bracey 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 →