Woodlawn Quaker Meetinghouse · Photo: Slowking4 · CC BY-SA 3.0Fort Belvoir has 9.1 miles of mapped trails, 1.0 for every square mile of land
9 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #210 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Fort Belvoir?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Fort Belvoir have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fort Belvoir is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #210 of 253 in Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Huntley Meadows Park
Mount Air Historic Site
7 conserved acres
under 1% of Fort Belvoir’s land. Who manages Fort Belvoir’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntley Meadows County Park Local Park | County | 5 | Open |
| Mount Air Historic Site Local Park | Not recorded | 3 | Open |
52 places to go in Fort Belvoir
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
42 playgrounds are on OpenStreetMap in all; the list shows named ones from the first 30.
2 dog parks without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
1 picnic area without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
4 named trails
17 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Fort Belvoir: April to June
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 56 | 68 | 76 | 84 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fort Belvoir →
Fort Belvoir and its neighbors
Fort Belvoir has the second most mapped trails of the 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Belvoir | under 1% | 1.0 | 1 | 65% | C |
| Newington | 10% | 0.4 | 22 | 99%+ | A |
| Mount Vernon | 10% | 0.9 | 13 | 98% | A |
| Woodlawn | 12% | 0.5 | 9 | 99%+ | A− |
| Hayfield | 16% | 1.6 | 32 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Groveton | 54% | 2.2 | 110 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Kingstowne | 6% | 2.4 | 7 | 99%+ | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Fort Belvoir
How much of Fort Belvoir 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.
Are dogs allowed on Fort Belvoir’s trails?
Castle Park and Huntley Meadows Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Fort Belvoir?
17 miles of bike routes are on the map: 10 of painted or protected lanes, 6.2 of off-road paths and 0.2 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Fort Belvoir?
29,314 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Belvoir or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Fort Belvoir have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #210 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 Fort Belvoir 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 →