Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY-SA 4.098% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Belle
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Belle?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Belle have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belle is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Belle’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is 12% of Belle’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Belle: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 57 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
November is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Belle →
Questions about parks and trails in Belle
How much of Belle 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.
Is there public land near Belle?
10,754 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belle or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Belle have?
Ahead of 19% 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 Belle 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 →