Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
96 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Henderson Hall Historic District · Photo: Chrispainter1966 · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Boaz
13% of Boaz’s land is conserved: 292 acres
OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Boaz yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
13%
292 acres · of 3.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Boaz?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Boaz have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Boaz is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Boaz’s overall grade.
Conserved land13% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 13%
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Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Boaz’s 13% is ahead of 93% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is 19% of Boaz’s area (1 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 10%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Boaz. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− 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
292 conserved acres
13% of Boaz’s land. Water is left out: Boaz has 3.6 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Boaz’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service582 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 581 acConservation Easement · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 581 | Restricted |
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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Henderson Hall Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1986
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Boaz: 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 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 44 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Boaz →
Next door
Boaz and its neighbors
Boaz has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boaz | 13% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Boaz
How much of Boaz is conserved land?
13% 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 Boaz’s trails?
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Boaz?
4,124 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Boaz or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Boaz have?
Ahead of 13% 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 Boaz 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 →