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All Saints Anglican Church, Ivy, VirginiaPhoto: Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Ivy

Few parks or trails are on the map in Ivy

5% of Ivy’s land is conserved, about 70 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Ivy, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
70 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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

70 conserved acres

5% of Ivy’s land. Who manages Ivy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County54 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits44 ac
State conservation27 ac
Other state land27 ac
Conservation Easement · 83 acOther Easement · 54 acPrivate Conservation · 15 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 55 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Rivanna Watershed
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits15Closed
Things to do

4 places to go in Ivy

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

Playgrounds in Ivy
Murray Elementary Playground
Directions
St. Pauls Ivy Playground
Directions

Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

4 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.

History →
D. S. TavernBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Spring HillBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Home TractBuilding · listed 1999
About it
Blue Ridge Swim ClubDistrict · listed 2015
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Ivy: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.613.612.411.110.19.5
High (°F)465058697684888679695849
Rain (in)3.22.73.73.44.54.54.23.74.63.63.43.5

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ivy →

Questions about parks and trails in Ivy

Is there public land near Ivy?

9,240 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ivy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ivy neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →