Sunday Park
Managed by Brandermill
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Beach Station · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Brandermill
Brandermill has 13 miles of mapped trails, 2.1 for every square mile of land
30 acres are parks and preserves, 2.2 per 1,000 residents. 37% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #204 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
16 acres · of 6.2 sq mi of land
Trails
13 mi
2.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
30 ac
2.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
37%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.2 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 1.8 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Brandermill?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Brandermill have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brandermill is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #204 of 253 in Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Brandermill’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical VA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails2.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (13 mi) · VA 0.7 · U.S. 0.4APark land2.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (30 acres) · VA 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home37% of residents within a half mile of a park · VA 76% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 35%
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Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 19%
Water is 15% of Brandermill’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
16 conserved acres
under 1% of Brandermill’s land. Water is left out: Brandermill has 6.2 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Brandermill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners16 ac
Local Park · 16 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Park Local Park | Private owners | 13 | Open |
| Nuttree Park Local Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
Things to do
18 places to go in Brandermill
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Brandermill
St.Ledgers Pool
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Brandermill
13 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Brandermill
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Brandermill
3 boat launches without a name on the map.
Biking & sports
3.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.4 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
25Tennis
12Pickleball
9Baseball
4Basketball
3Football
1Volleyball
1Golf
1Beach volleyball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Brandermill: April to June
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) | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 52 | 60 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 81 | 71 | 60 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brandermill →
Next door
Brandermill and its neighbors
Brandermill has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandermill | under 1% | 2.1 | 2 | 37% | C |
| Woodlake | 1% | 0.2 | 2 | 50% | C− |
| Midlothian | 2% | 0.6 | 6 | 57% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brandermill
How much of Brandermill is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Brandermill’s trails?
Sunday Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Brandermill?
3.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.4 of painted or protected lanes and 1.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Brandermill?
11,711 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brandermill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 30 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brandermill have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #204 of 253 in Virginia. 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 Brandermill 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 →