Buffalo Road Park
Managed by Town of Clarksville
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Photo: Idawriter · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Clarksville
Few parks or trails are on the map in Clarksville
2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Clarksville, 0.1 per square mile of land. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
19 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
28%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Clarksville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Clarksville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Clarksville is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Clarksville’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical VA town 4% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · VA 0.7 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · VA 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home28% 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 13%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Clarksville. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
John Hosea Kerr Reservoir
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
19 conserved acres
1% of Clarksville’s land. Who manages Clarksville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Army Corps of Engineers35 ac
Other state land1 ac
Conservation Easement · 18 acOther Easement · 17 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 19 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
1 places to go in Clarksville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Clarksville
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
3Baseball
2Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →6 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Clarksville: 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 52 | 60 | 70 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 81 | 71 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Clarksville →
Questions about parks and trails in Clarksville
How much of Clarksville is conserved land?
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 Clarksville’s trails?
Buffalo Road Park and John Hosea Kerr Reservoir don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Clarksville?
9,186 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Clarksville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Clarksville have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Clarksville 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 →