Rees, Morris, III House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Inwood
1% of Inwood’s land is conserved, about 28 acres. 34% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Inwood, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #43 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it
How much outdoors does Inwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Inwood is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #43 of 61 in West Virginia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Inwood’s 1% is ahead of 38% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 32% 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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28 conserved acres
1% of Inwood’s land. Who manages Inwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inwood-Bunker Hill Lions Park Local Recreation Area | County | 55 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Inwood: 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) | 42 | 45 | 54 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.2 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Inwood →
Questions about parks and trails in Inwood
How much of Inwood is conserved land?
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 Inwood?
9,045 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Inwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 28 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Inwood have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #43 of 61 in West Virginia. 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 Inwood 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 →