Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Monticello
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 8% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Monticello, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #247 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Lake Monticello?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Lake Monticello have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Monticello is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #247 of 253 in Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Water is 7% of Lake Monticello’s area (1 of 9 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Lake Monticello’s land. Water is left out: Lake Monticello has 8.8 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Monticello’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Park Local Park | Private owners | 2 | Open |
10 places to go in Lake Monticello
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 peaks without a name on the map.
6 lakes & rivers
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.
April is the best month for walking in Lake Monticello
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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 70 | 59 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Monticello →
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Monticello
How much of Lake Monticello 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.
Is there public land near Lake Monticello?
3,219 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Monticello or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Monticello have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #247 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 Lake Monticello 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 →