Kingmont Park
Managed by Pleasant Valley Parks and Recreation
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley has 17 acres of parks, 4.7 for every 1,000 residents
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Pleasant Valley. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #52 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
13 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
4.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
52%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pleasant Valley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pleasant Valley is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #52 of 61 in West Virginia. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pleasant Valley’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% 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 land4.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (17 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13CParks close to home52% 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 18%
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West Virginia towns of 2,500+ (61)Ahead of 15%
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pleasant Valley’s 1% is ahead of 27% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 5% of Pleasant Valley’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pleasant Valley. 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 still be 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Morris Park
Managed by Fairmont Parks and Recreation
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
East Marion Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
13 conserved acres
1% of Pleasant Valley’s land. Water is left out: Pleasant Valley has 3.2 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Pleasant Valley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city13 ac
Not recorded13 ac
Local Park · 25 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Park Local Park | Not recorded | 10 | Open |
| Unknown Local Park | Not recorded | 7 | Open |
| Kingmont Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | 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
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Pleasant Valley: 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) | 40 | 44 | 53 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 66 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Pleasant Valley →
Next door
Pleasant Valley and its neighbors
Pleasant Valley has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley | 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 52% | C− |
| Fairmont | 3% | 0.1 | 11 | 73% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Pleasant Valley
How much of Pleasant Valley is conserved land?
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 Pleasant Valley’s trails?
Kingmont Park and Morris Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pleasant Valley?
4,585 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pleasant Valley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Pleasant Valley have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #52 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 Pleasant Valley 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 →