Berwind-Purcell House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Longview Heights
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 38% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #282 of 285 in Washington. What drives it
How much outdoors does Longview Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Longview Heights is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #282 of 285 in Washington. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
10 conserved acres
under 1% of Longview Heights’ land. Who manages Longview Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loth198 Local Other or Unknown | County | 10 | Unknown |
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Longview Heights: April to September
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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°F) | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 74 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 6.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
July is the driest month (0.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 7.7 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Longview Heights →
Longview Heights and its neighbors
Longview Heights has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview Heights | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 38% | D |
| Longview | 10% | 1.5 | 16 | 99% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Longview Heights
How much of Longview Heights is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 4% for a Washington town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Longview Heights?
7,818 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Longview Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Longview Heights have?
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #282 of 285 in Washington. 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 Longview Heights 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 →