Holland-Duncan House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWestlake Corner has 244 acres of parks, 120 for every 1,000 residents
8% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6.9 miles of mapped trail cross Westlake Corner, 0.5 per square mile of land. 4% of Westlake Corner’s land is conserved, about 350 acres.
Ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Westlake Corner?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Westlake Corner have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Westlake Corner is ahead of 58% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Water is 10% of Westlake Corner’s area (1 of 15 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
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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350 conserved acres
4% of Westlake Corner’s land. Water is left out: Westlake Corner has 13.3 square miles of land and 1.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Westlake Corner’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 108 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T. Washington National Monument National Monument | National Park Service | 242 | Open |
2 places to go in Westlake Corner
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 boat launch without a name on the map.
3 named trails and 2 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Westlake Corner: 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.
| 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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 59 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Westlake Corner →
Westlake Corner and its neighbors
Westlake Corner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake Corner | 4% | 0.5 | 120 | 8% | B |
| North Shore | under 1% | 0.4 | 13 | under 1% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Westlake Corner
How much of Westlake Corner is conserved land?
4% 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 Westlake Corner?
3,530 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Westlake Corner or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 244 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Westlake Corner have?
Ahead of 58% 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 Westlake Corner 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 →