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Outdoors in Collinsville

Few parks or trails are on the map in Collinsville

15% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 28 acres are parks and preserves, 3.9 per 1,000 residents. 3.7 miles of mapped trail cross Collinsville, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns · #222 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
92 acres · of 7.9 sq mi of land
Trails
3.7 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
28 ac
3.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
15%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Collinsville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Collinsville is ahead of 27% of U.S. towns, #222 of 253 in Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Collinsville’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 27%
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Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 12%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− 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
Who protects it

92 conserved acres

2% of Collinsville’s land. Who manages Collinsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State conservation61 ac
Other state land60 ac
County31 ac
Other Easement · 64 acConservation Easement · 61 acLocal Park · 27 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 65 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Collinsville Jaycee Park
Local Park
County27Open
Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Fieldale Trail0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Tennis
2Baseball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
John Redd Smith Elementary SchoolBuilding · listed 2021
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Collinsville: 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)9.910.811.913.114.114.714.413.612.411.210.29.7
High (°F)485260717885888680716051
Rain (in)3.72.94.03.74.44.54.14.14.73.53.33.7

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 Collinsville →

Next door

Collinsville and its neighbors

Collinsville 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
Collinsville2%0.5415%C
Fieldale— 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 Collinsville

How much of Collinsville 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 Collinsville?

6,848 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Collinsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Collinsville have?

Ahead of 27% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #222 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 Collinsville neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →