Mannington Fairgrounds
Managed by Mannington Fair Association
18 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Wilson School · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Mannington
Mannington has 34 acres of parks, 19 for every 1,000 residents
95% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Mannington, 0.5 per square mile of land. 2% of Mannington’s land is conserved, about 16 acres.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
16 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.5 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
95%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.6 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Mannington?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mannington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mannington is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mannington’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4BPark land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (34 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13BParks close to home95% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 68%
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Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mannington’s 2% is ahead of 51% 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 B to A−. 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 Mannington Fairgrounds, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hough Park
Managed by Mannington Parks and Recreation
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Huey Park
Managed by Homewood Playground Association Inc
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Mannington Middle Park
Managed by Mannington Parks and Recreation
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
16 conserved acres
2% of Mannington’s land. Who manages Mannington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city13 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits3 ac
Not recorded16 ac
Local Park · 32 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hough Park Local Park | Town or city | 23 | Open |
| Huey Park Local Park | Not recorded | 6 | Open |
| Mannington Middle Park Local Park | Not recorded | 3 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Mannington
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Mannington
Mannington Public PoolIn Hough Park
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 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 Mannington: 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) | 39 | 43 | 52 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Mannington →
Questions about parks and trails in Mannington
Where can I hike in Mannington?
The longest trail networks: Mannington Fairgrounds, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Mannington 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 Mannington’s trails?
Mannington Fairgrounds and Hough Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Mannington?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Mannington?
2,163 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mannington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Mannington have?
Ahead of 68% 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 Mannington 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 →