Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.099% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Montgomery
1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Montgomery, 0.7 per square mile of land. 3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Montgomery?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Montgomery have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Montgomery is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Montgomery’s under 1% is ahead of 21% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 72% of them.
Water is 8% of Montgomery’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Montgomery’s land. Water is left out: Montgomery has 1.6 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Montgomery’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Montgomery: 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 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 48 | 56 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
November is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Montgomery →
Questions about parks and trails in Montgomery
How much of Montgomery 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 Montgomery?
138 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Montgomery or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Montgomery have?
Ahead of 47% 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 Montgomery 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 →