Barrackville Covered Bridge · Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Barrackville
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Barrackville’s land is conserved, about 8 acres.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Barrackville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Barrackville is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Barrackville’s 2% is ahead of 44% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
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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8 conserved acres
2% of Barrackville’s land. Who manages Barrackville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
1 places to go in Barrackville
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.
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.
1 place 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.
The best walking months in Barrackville: 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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 43 | 52 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Barrackville →
Questions about parks and trails in Barrackville
How much of Barrackville is conserved land?
2% 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.
Is there public land near Barrackville?
2,997 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Barrackville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Barrackville have?
Ahead of 10% 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 Barrackville 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 →