Few parks or trails are on the map in Prosperity
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Prosperity, 0.1 per square mile of land. 21 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents. 57% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Prosperity have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Prosperity is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Prosperity’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% 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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The best walking months in Prosperity: 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 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
October is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 5.2 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Prosperity →
Questions about parks and trails in Prosperity
How much of Prosperity 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 Prosperity?
31,410 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Prosperity or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Prosperity have?
Ahead of 25% 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 Prosperity 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 →