Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Wellsville

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Howell-Theurer HouseHowell-Theurer House · Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0
AOutdoors
Outdoors in Wellsville

14% of Wellsville’s land is conserved: 643 acres

8.0 miles of mapped trail cross Wellsville, 1.1 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest (3 mi), Wellsville Mountain Wilderness (0.5 mi). 87% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 87% of U.S. towns · #19 of 119 in Utah. What drives it

Conserved land
14%
643 acres · of 7.3 sq mi of land
Trails
8.0 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
77 ac
18 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
87%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
6,010 ft
Murrays Hill
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Wellsville?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Land that stays wild14% of the land is conserved; a typical Utah town, 3%.A trail town1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 82% of U.S. towns.Parks close to home87% of residents live within a half mile of a park.History along the way8 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Wellsville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wellsville is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns, #19 of 119 in Utah. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wellsville’s overall grade.
Conserved land14% of the land · typical UT town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · UT 1.1 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land18 acres of park per 1,000 residents (77 acres) · UT 7 · U.S. 13BParks close to home87% of residents within a half mile of a park · UT 91% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 87%
LessMore
Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 85%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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.

1234
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, with 3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
1,608 acres3 mi of trail
Wellsville Ridge TrailNarrow Canyon
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailhead

Wellsville Mountain Wilderness

Managed by United States Forest Service
94 acres0.5 mi of trail
Narrow Canyon
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Wellsville City Park

Park
41 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Equestrian Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest1,608 acres · 3 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Directions
Wellsville Mountain Wilderness94 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · United States Forest Service
Wellsville City Park41 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Directions
Tabernacle Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Equestrian Park5 acres
Darley Park4 acres
Directions
Black Willow Park4 acres
Directions
City Square Park4 acres
Directions
School Park3 acres
Who protects it

643 conserved acres

14% of Wellsville’s land. Who manages Wellsville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service570 ac
Town or city56 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits17 ac
National Forest · 570 acLocal Park · 37 acLocal Recreation Area · 19 acAgricultural Easement · 17 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 17 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Cache National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service570Open
Wellsville City Park
Local Park
Town or city27Open
Equestrian Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city12Open
City Square Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Darley Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city4Open
Black Willow Park
Local Park
Town or city4Open
School Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city3Open
Things to do

7 places to go in Wellsville

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Wellsville
Murrays Hill6,010 ft elevation · In Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Directions
Trails & water

4 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Horses · 0.6 miUnpaved · 1.8 mi
Wellsville Ridge Trail0.6 mi
Narrow Canyon0.5 mi
2500 West0.4 mi
4300 South0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Wellsville Reservoirreservoir
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
8Pickleball
5Baseball
3Tennis
2Basketball
1Equestrian
1Beach volleyball
1Soccer

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

8 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Howell-Theurer HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Wellsville TabernacleBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Zial Riggs HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About it
George Bradshaw House and Joshua Salisbury/George Bradshaw BarnBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Samuel Crowthers Mitton HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Wellsville Relief Society Meeting HouseBuilding · listed 1989
About it
Heber K. and Rachel H. Bankhead HouseBuilding · listed 1997
About it
Spence Confectionery and Dance HallBuilding · listed 2026
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Wellsville: May, June and 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.510.511.813.314.515.214.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343950586879898776624635
Rain (in)2.11.82.32.42.51.30.60.71.41.81.72.0

July is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 2.5 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wellsville →

Next door

Wellsville and its neighbors

Wellsville has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Benson21 miWellsville8.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Wellsville14%1.11887%A
Benson2%0.7110%C−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Wellsville

Where can I hike in Wellsville?

The longest trail networks: Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 3 miles; Wellsville Mountain Wilderness, 0.5 miles; Wellsville City Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Wellsville is conserved land?

14% of its land, against a typical 3% for an Utah town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Wellsville’s trails?

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Wellsville Mountain Wilderness don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Wellsville?

10,761 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wellsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 443 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Wellsville have?

Ahead of 87% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #19 of 119 in Utah. 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 Wellsville neighbors.

Town Square →
Share a tip
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 →