6% of Fairlawn’s land is conserved: 118 acres
3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Fairlawn, 1.1 per square mile of land. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fairlawn?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fairlawn have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairlawn is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is 8% of Fairlawn’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.
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
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118 conserved acres
6% of Fairlawn’s land. Water is left out: Fairlawn has 3.1 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Fairlawn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 104 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Riverlawn Park Local Park | County | 14 | Open |
1 places to go in Fairlawn
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 lakes & rivers
0.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Fairlawn: April, 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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Fairlawn →
Fairlawn and its neighbors
Fairlawn has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlawn | 6% | 1.1 | under 1 | 66% | B− |
| Radford | 5% | 0.8 | 11 | 83% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fairlawn
How much of Fairlawn is conserved land?
6% 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.
Where can I bike in Fairlawn?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Fairlawn?
7,367 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairlawn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fairlawn have?
Ahead of 53% 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 Fairlawn 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 →