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Outdoors in Chatmoss

Few parks or trails are on the map in Chatmoss

1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Chatmoss, 0.4 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 5.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Chatmoss have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chatmoss is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Chatmoss’ overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Chatmoss. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. 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
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
6Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Chatmoss: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.114.714.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)485260717885888680716051
Rain (in)3.82.94.03.84.44.54.24.14.73.63.33.7

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chatmoss →

Next door

Chatmoss and its neighbors

Chatmoss has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Chatmossunder 1%0.4under 11%D
Laurel Park— 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 Chatmoss

How much of Chatmoss 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 Chatmoss?

1,525 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chatmoss or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Chatmoss have?

Ahead of 10% 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 Chatmoss 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 →