Belington City Park
Managed by Belington Parks and Recreation
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Bernard E. Wilmoth House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Belington
Few parks or trails are on the map in Belington
4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.3 per 1,000 residents. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Belington, 0.5 per square mile of land. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 2.1 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
2.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
44%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Belington?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Belington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belington is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Belington’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land2.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (4 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home44% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 25%
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Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Belington’s under 1% is ahead of 21% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 62% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
4 conserved acres
under 1% of Belington’s land. Who manages Belington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city4 ac
Not recorded4 ac
Local Park · 8 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belington City Park Local Park | Not recorded | 8 | Open |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Belington: 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 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 43 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 5.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Belington →
Questions about parks and trails in Belington
How much of Belington is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Belington’s trails?
Belington City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Belington?
7,936 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Belington have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Belington 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 →