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2016-06-18 09 50 01 View north along West Virginia State Route 42 (Cottage Street) entering Elk Garden, Mineral County, West VirginiaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Elk Garden

More than half of Elk Garden’s land is conserved: 100%

100% of Elk Garden’s land is conserved, about 147 acres.

Conserved land
100%
147 acres · of 0.3 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
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

147 conserved acres

100% of Elk Garden’s land. Who manages Elk Garden’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Army Corps of Engineers147 ac
Recreation Management Area · 147 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Jennings Randolph Recreation Area
Recreation Management Area
Army Corps of Engineers147Open
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
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Elk Garden: April, July 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)374150637279838175645241
Rain (in)3.02.73.63.84.64.33.73.83.73.22.53.1

November is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Elk Garden →

Questions about parks and trails in Elk Garden

Is there public land near Elk Garden?

28,732 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elk Garden or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 147 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Elk Garden 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 →