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A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Barboursville

Barboursville has 30 miles of mapped trails, 7.4 for every square mile of land

26% of Barboursville’s land is conserved, about 653 acres. 712 acres are parks and preserves, 163 per 1,000 residents. The biggest trail networks: Barboursville City Park (27.9 mi).

Ahead of 95% of U.S. towns · #2 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it

Conserved land
26%
653 acres · of 4.0 sq mi of land
Trails
30 mi
7.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
712 ac
163 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Barboursville?

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

A trail town7.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, among the top 1% of U.S. towns.Land that stays wild26% of the land is conserved; a typical West Virginia town, 2%.Room to roam163 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.History along the way3 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Barboursville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Barboursville is ahead of 95% of U.S. towns, #2 of 61 in West Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Barboursville’s overall grade.
Conserved land26% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%ATrails7.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (30 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land163 acres of park per 1,000 residents (712 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13AParks close to home58% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 95%
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West Virginia towns of 2,500+ (61)Ahead of 98%

Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Barboursville’s 26% is ahead of 98% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% of them.

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.

123
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 Barboursville City Park, with 27.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Barboursville City Park

Park
702 acres27.9 mi of trail
River TrailDeer TrailTrail of DoomFlag Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Nancy Cartmill Gardens

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Barboursville Skate Park

Managed by Barboursville Parks and Recreation
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

653 conserved acres

26% of Barboursville’s land. Who manages Barboursville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city651 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits2 ac
Not recorded651 ac
Local Park · 1,302 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Barboursville Park
Local Park
Not recorded1,298Open
Barboursville Skate Park
Local Park
Not recorded3Open
Lions Park
Local Park
Land trusts & nonprofits2Open
Things to do

11 places to go in Barboursville

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

Playgrounds in Barboursville
Hidden PlaygroundIn Barboursville Skate Park
Directions

Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

25 named trails and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 22.7 miHorses · 3.5 miUnpaved · 23.5 mi
River Trail3.9 mi
Deer Trail1.1 mi
Trail of Doom0.8 mi
Flag Trail0.8 mi
Cliffside Trail0.8 mi
Turman Trail0.7 mi
Rocket Trail0.7 mi
Lake William Trail0.6 mi
High Mountain Trail0.6 mi
Devils Hollow Trail0.6 mi
15 more trails
Cool Grades
0.6 mi
Dank Pond and Deep State
0.6 mi
Gasline 1 Trail
0.6 mi
Abandoned Trail
0.5 mi
Radio Tower Trail
0.5 mi
Express Trail
0.4 mi
Concrete Connector
0.4 mi
Camelback Trail
0.4 mi
Gun Range Trail
0.4 mi
Frog Hollow Trail
0.4 mi
Lower Good Grades
0.4 mi
Turtle Head Trail
0.4 mi
For Sale Trail
0.4 mi
Farm View Trail
0.4 mi
Walking Trail
0.3 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lake Williampond
Biking & sports

0.3 miles of bike routes

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

0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
River TrailBike route
3.9 mi
Deer TrailBike route
1.2 mi
Cliffside TrailBike route
0.8 mi
Turman TrailBike route
0.8 mi
Courts & fields
8Baseball
8Tennis
5Basketball
2Football
1Equestrian
1Beach volleyball
1Skate park

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

History along the way

3 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 →
Thornburg HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About it
Barboursville Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2008
About it
George McComas HouseBuilding · listed 2026
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Barboursville: April and 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.214.214.814.613.612.411.110.09.5
High (°F)444857697785878781695847
Rain (in)3.23.34.23.84.64.25.03.83.53.03.03.8

November is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Barboursville →

Next door

Barboursville and its neighbors

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

Barboursville30 miHuntington22 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Barboursville26%7.416358%A+
Huntington3%1.3979%B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Barboursville

Where can I hike in Barboursville?

The longest trail networks: Barboursville City Park, 27.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Barboursville is conserved land?

26% of its land, against a typical 2% for a West Virginia town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Barboursville’s trails?

Barboursville City Park and Nancy Cartmill Gardens don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Barboursville?

0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths. Named routes: River Trail, Deer Trail and Cliffside Trail.

Is there public land near Barboursville?

15,212 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Barboursville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 712 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Barboursville have?

Ahead of 95% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #2 of 61 in West Virginia. 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 Barboursville 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 →