Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Broadway has 26 acres of parks, 6.1 for every 1,000 residents
1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Broadway, 0.5 per square mile of land. 2% of Broadway’s land is conserved, about 24 acres. 60% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns · #185 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Broadway?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Broadway have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Broadway is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #185 of 253 in Virginia. 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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24 conserved acres
2% of Broadway’s land. Who manages Broadway’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Heritage Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
1 places to go in Broadway
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.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Broadway: April 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 55 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Broadway →
Questions about parks and trails in Broadway
How much of Broadway is conserved land?
2% 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 Broadway?
33,112 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Broadway or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Broadway have?
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #185 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 Broadway 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 →