Fitzpatrick Park
Managed by Raleigh County Parks and Recreation
42 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in MacArthur
Few parks or trails are on the map in MacArthur
41 acres are parks and preserves, 27 per 1,000 residents. 14% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross MacArthur.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
41 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
41 ac
27 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
14%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does MacArthur have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, MacArthur is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of MacArthur’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land27 acres of park per 1,000 residents (41 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home14% 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 29%
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Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so MacArthur’s 2% is ahead of 49% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in MacArthur. 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
The longest trail network is Fitzpatrick Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
41 conserved acres
2% of MacArthur’s land. Who manages MacArthur’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County41 ac
Not recorded41 ac
Local Park · 83 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzpatrick Park Local Park | Not recorded | 83 | Open |
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
4Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in MacArthur: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
October is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in MacArthur →
Next door
MacArthur and its neighbors
MacArthur has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in MacArthur
Where can I hike in MacArthur?
The longest trail networks: Fitzpatrick Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of MacArthur is conserved land?
2% 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 MacArthur’s trails?
Fitzpatrick Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near MacArthur?
14,072 acres of parks and open public land lie inside MacArthur or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 41 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does MacArthur have?
Ahead of 29% 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 MacArthur 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 →