West Mountain has 21 miles of mapped trails, 1.9 for every square mile of land
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Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is West Mountain?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does West Mountain have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, West Mountain is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. 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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2 named trails and 1 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.
The best walking months in West Mountain: April to June
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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 85 | 93 | 91 | 81 | 66 | 51 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
July is the driest month (0.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 2.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in West Mountain →
West Mountain and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Mountain | under 1% | 1.9 | under 1 | under 1% | C− |
| Payson | 3% | 1.7 | 7 | 86% | B+ |
| Santaquin | 9% | 2.5 | 4 | 92% | A− |
| Genola | 29% | 2.5 | 8 | 22% | B+ |
| Spring Lake | — 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 West Mountain
How much of West Mountain is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Is there public land near West Mountain?
28,625 acres of parks and open public land lie inside West Mountain or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does West Mountain have?
Ahead of 16% 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 West Mountain 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 →