Kingwood City Park
Managed by Kingwood Parks and Recreation
13 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Kingwood
Few parks or trails are on the map in Kingwood
19 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Kingwood’s land is conserved, about 18 acres. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #54 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
18 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
19 ac
6.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
48%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.8 mi paths
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Kingwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kingwood is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #54 of 61 in West Virginia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Kingwood’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4DPark land6.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (19 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home48% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 17%
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West Virginia towns of 2,500+ (61)Ahead of 12%
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Kingwood’s 1% is ahead of 33% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Kingwood. 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 C− 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.
Brown's Park
Managed by Kingwood Parks and Recreation
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
18 conserved acres
1% of Kingwood’s land. Who manages Kingwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city18 ac
Not recorded18 ac
Local Park · 36 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingwood City Park Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| Browns Park Local Park | Not recorded | 11 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Tennis
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Softball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Kingwood: 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 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 41 | 50 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
November is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 5.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Kingwood →
Questions about parks and trails in Kingwood
How much of Kingwood 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.
Are dogs allowed on Kingwood’s trails?
Kingwood City Park and Brown's Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Kingwood?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Kingwood?
5,514 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kingwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Kingwood have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #54 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 Kingwood 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 →