Rainelle Town Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Ljray92 · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Rainelle
Rainelle has 5 acres of parks, 3.2 for every 1,000 residents
87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Rainelle, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
3.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
87%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Rainelle?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Rainelle have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rainelle is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Rainelle’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land3.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home87% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 31%
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Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rainelle’s under 1% is ahead of 25% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 30% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to 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
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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.
Rainelle Park
Managed by Town of Rainelle
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
4 conserved acres
under 1% of Rainelle’s land. Who manages Rainelle’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city4 ac
Not recorded4 ac
Local Park · 5 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainelle Recreation Area Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Rainelle Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | 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
1Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Rainelle: 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 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 43 | 51 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
October is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 5.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Rainelle →
Questions about parks and trails in Rainelle
How much of Rainelle 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.
Are dogs allowed on Rainelle’s trails?
Rainelle Town Park and Rainelle Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Rainelle?
6,217 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rainelle or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rainelle have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Rainelle 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 →