Few parks or trails are on the map in Mineralwells
1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Mineralwells, 0.7 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Mineralwells have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mineralwells is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Mineralwells’ under 1% is ahead of 6% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 69% 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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1 places to go in Mineralwells
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
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.
The best walking months in Mineralwells: 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) | 41 | 45 | 55 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Mineralwells →
Questions about parks and trails in Mineralwells
How much of Mineralwells 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.
Is there public land near Mineralwells?
5,532 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mineralwells or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mineralwells have?
Ahead of 11% 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 Mineralwells 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 →