Gilbert Creek has 13 miles of mapped trails, 1.1 for every square mile of land
1 acre is park or preserve, 1.2 per 1,000 residents. 18% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Gilbert Creek?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Gilbert Creek have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Gilbert Creek is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Gilbert Creek’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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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1 named trail
The best walking months in Gilbert Creek: April, June 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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 57 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Gilbert Creek →
Gilbert Creek and its neighbors
Gilbert Creek has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Creek | under 1% | 1.1 | 1 | 18% | C− |
| Gilbert | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Gilbert Creek
How much of Gilbert Creek 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 Gilbert Creek?
32,932 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Gilbert Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Gilbert Creek have?
Ahead of 21% 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 Gilbert Creek 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 →