Clinch Mountain WMA
Managed by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: RebelAt at English Wikipedia · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Saltville
Saltville has 8.7 miles of mapped trails, 1.1 for every square mile of land
68 acres are parks and preserves, 31 per 1,000 residents. 8% of Saltville’s land is conserved, about 387 acres. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
387 acres · of 8.0 sq mi of land
Trails
8.7 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
68 ac
31 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
27%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.4 mi
1.4 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Saltville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Saltville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Saltville is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Saltville’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical VA town 4% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (9 mi) · VA 0.7 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land31 acres of park per 1,000 residents (68 acres) · VA 8 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home27% 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 70%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
387 conserved acres
8% of Saltville’s land. Who manages Saltville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land386 ac
State conservation386 ac
Conservation Easement · 386 acUnknown Easement · 278 acOther Easement · 108 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 386 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
2 places to go in Saltville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Saltville
Hardy Roberts Memorial Wave Pool
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Saltville
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
1.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Saltville: April, 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 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 48 | 57 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
October is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Saltville →
Next door
Saltville and its neighbors
Saltville has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltville | 8% | 1.1 | 31 | 27% | B+ |
| Allison Gap | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Saltville
How much of Saltville is conserved land?
8% 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 Saltville’s trails?
Clinch Mountain WMA doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Saltville?
1.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Saltville?
27,481 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Saltville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 68 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Saltville have?
Ahead of 70% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Saltville 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 →