Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Hillsville has 6.4 miles of mapped trails, 0.7 for every square mile of land
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 15 acres are parks and preserves, 5.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns · #218 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hillsville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hillsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hillsville is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns, #218 of 253 in Virginia. 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
50 conserved acres
1% of Hillsville’s land. Who manages Hillsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Meadow Preserve Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 83 | Restricted |
| Unknown Park Local Park | County | 8 | Open |
1 places to go in Hillsville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
0.0 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hillsville: 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) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 47 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Hillsville →
Hillsville and its neighbors
Hillsville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsville | 1% | 0.7 | 5 | 22% | C |
| Woodlawn | 8% | 0.4 | 10 | 6% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hillsville
How much of Hillsville is conserved land?
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.
Is there public land near Hillsville?
3,223 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hillsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hillsville have?
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #218 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 Hillsville 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 →