Madison City Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Boone County Courthouse · Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 3.0 usCOutdoors
Outdoors in Madison
Madison has 10 acres of parks, 3.4 for every 1,000 residents
3.4 miles of mapped trail cross Madison, 0.4 per square mile of land. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #42 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 7.6 sq mi of land
Trails
3.4 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
3.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
67%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,965 ft
Workman Knob
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Madison have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Madison is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #42 of 61 in West Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Madison’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land3.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (10 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home67% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 31%
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West Virginia towns of 2,500+ (61)Ahead of 32%
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Madison’s under 1% is ahead of 20% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 62% of 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.
Who protects it
9 conserved acres
under 1% of Madison’s land. Who manages Madison’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city9 ac
Not recorded9 ac
Local Park · 18 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison City Park Local Park | Not recorded | 12 | Open |
| West Madison Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Madison
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Madison
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Madison
Walhonde Water Trail Access RampIn Madison City Park
DirectionsPeaks in Madison
Workman Knob1,965 ft elevation
DirectionsBiking & 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
4Tennis
2Football
2Baseball
1Basketball
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).
When to get out
The best walking months in Madison: 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 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 57 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Madison →
Questions about parks and trails in Madison
How much of Madison 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.
Are dogs allowed on Madison’s trails?
Madison City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Madison?
2,043 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Madison or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Madison have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #42 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 Madison 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 →