Gates Mill Park
Managed by Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Magnolia Grange · Photo: James Shelton32 · CC BY-SA 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Meadowbrook
Few parks or trails are on the map in Meadowbrook
27 acres are parks and preserves, 1.3 per 1,000 residents. 4.9 miles of mapped trail cross Meadowbrook, 0.6 per square mile of land. 40% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns · #225 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
22 acres · of 8.2 sq mi of land
Trails
4.9 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
27 ac
1.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
40%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.8 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 0.2 mi paths
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Meadowbrook have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Meadowbrook is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns, #225 of 253 in Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Meadowbrook’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical VA town 4% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · VA 0.7 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land1.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (27 acres) · VA 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home40% of residents within a half mile of a park · VA 76% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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Virginia towns of 2,500+ (253)Ahead of 11%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
22 conserved acres
under 1% of Meadowbrook’s land. Who manages Meadowbrook’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County15 ac
Private owners7 ac
Not recorded2 ac
Local Park · 17 acLocal Recreation Area · 7 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ficke Park Local Park | County | 12 | Open |
| Beulah Recreation Center Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 7 | Open |
| Falling Creek Linear Park Local Park | County | 4 | Open |
| Falling Creek Elementary School Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Meadowbrook
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Meadowbrook
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
1.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.6 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.2 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
6Tennis
2Soccer
2Basketball
1Softball
1Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Meadowbrook: April to June
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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 49 | 52 | 60 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 81 | 71 | 61 | 52 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Meadowbrook →
Next door
Meadowbrook and its neighbors
Meadowbrook has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Meadowbrook
How much of Meadowbrook 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.
Are dogs allowed on Meadowbrook’s trails?
Gates Mill Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Meadowbrook?
1.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.6 of painted or protected lanes and 0.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Meadowbrook?
16,758 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Meadowbrook or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 27 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Meadowbrook have?
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #225 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 Meadowbrook 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 →