Mount Hermon has 6.1 miles of mapped trails, 1.1 for every square mile of land
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Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #245 of 253 in Virginia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Hermon?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Mount Hermon have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Hermon is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #245 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
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1 places to go in Mount Hermon
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.
1 named trail
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.
The best walking months in Mount Hermon: April to June 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 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 48 | 52 | 60 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 51 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Hermon →
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Hermon
How much of Mount Hermon 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 Mount Hermon?
3,516 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Hermon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Hermon have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #245 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 Mount Hermon 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 →