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Outdoors in Fort Chiswell

Few parks or trails are on the map in Fort Chiswell

3.4 miles of mapped trail cross Fort Chiswell, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 13.5 sq mi of land
Trails
3.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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

9 conserved acres

under 1% of Fort Chiswell’s land. Who manages Fort Chiswell’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State fish & wildlife9 ac
Not recorded9 ac
State Other or Unknown · 18 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Wytheville Fish Hatchery
State Other or Unknown
Not recorded18Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Fort Chiswell

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Fort Chiswell

1 peak without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

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

History →
Fort Chiswell MansionBuilding · listed 1971
About it
McGavock Family CemeterySite · listed 1979
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Fort Chiswell: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.910.811.913.114.114.714.513.612.411.210.19.6
High (°F)444856667480848277675647
Rain (in)3.22.83.73.84.24.14.33.83.42.92.83.1

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Fort Chiswell →

Next door

Fort Chiswell and its neighbors

Fort Chiswell has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Max Meadows4.9 miFort Chiswell3.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Fort Chiswell— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Max Meadows— 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 Fort Chiswell

Is there public land near Fort Chiswell?

44,930 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fort Chiswell or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Fort Chiswell 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 →