Photo: DwayneP · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Buchanan
3.1 miles of mapped trail cross Buchanan, 1.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Buchanan?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Buchanan have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Buchanan is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls 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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3 places to go in Buchanan
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.
1 campground without a name on the map.
1 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Buchanan: 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) | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Buchanan →
Questions about parks and trails in Buchanan
How much of Buchanan 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.
Is there public land near Buchanan?
51,702 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Buchanan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Buchanan have?
Ahead of 14% 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 Buchanan 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 →