Photo: bob · CC BY-SA 3.05% of Greenville’s land is conserved: 120 acres
3.0 miles of mapped trail cross Greenville, 0.8 per square mile of land. 35% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 8.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Greenville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Greenville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Greenville is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls 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
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120 conserved acres
5% of Greenville’s land. Who manages Greenville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 120 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 places to go in Greenville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Greenville: 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 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Greenville →
Questions about parks and trails in Greenville
How much of Greenville is conserved land?
5% 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 Greenville?
24,186 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Greenville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Greenville have?
Ahead of 52% 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 Greenville 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 →