Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0Castlewood has 9.7 miles of mapped trails, 1.3 for every square mile of land
21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 3.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Castlewood?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Castlewood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Castlewood is ahead of 31% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
25 conserved acres
under 1% of Castlewood’s land. Who manages Castlewood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 25 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 lakes & rivers
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Castlewood: April to June 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Castlewood →
Castlewood and its neighbors
Castlewood has the most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castlewood | under 1% | 1.3 | 3 | 21% | C |
| St. Paul | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Castlewood
How much of Castlewood 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 Castlewood?
12,226 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Castlewood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Castlewood have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Castlewood 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 →