Lord Botetourt High School Softball Field
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Bryan Jr. McDonald House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Daleville
Daleville has 6.3 miles of mapped trails, 1.5 for every square mile of land
7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3% of Daleville’s land is conserved, about 84 acres.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #215 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
84 acres · of 4.3 sq mi of land
Trails
6.3 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
7%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Daleville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Daleville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Daleville is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #215 of 253 in Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Daleville’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical VA town 4% · U.S. 4%B−Trails1.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · VA 0.7 · U.S. 0.4APark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · VA 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home7% of residents within a half mile of a park · VA 76% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 31%
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Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 15%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
84 conserved acres
3% of Daleville’s land. Who manages Daleville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service82 ac
State conservation2 ac
Other state land2 ac
National Scenic or Historic Trail · 82 acConservation Easement · 2 acOther Easement · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian National Scenic Trail National Scenic or Historic Trail | National Park Service | 82 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Daleville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Dog parks in Daleville
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.4 mi
Appalachian Trail1.6 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Tennis
1Baseball
1Football
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Daleville: 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 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 49 | 57 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Daleville →
Questions about parks and trails in Daleville
How much of Daleville is conserved land?
3% 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 Daleville’s trails?
Lord Botetourt High School Softball Field doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Daleville?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Daleville?
32,867 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Daleville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 82 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Daleville have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #215 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 Daleville 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 →