Photo: Schaefer, Harry, Photographer (NARA record: 8464469) · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Rand
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Rand, 0.9 per square mile of land. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 69% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rand?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rand have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rand is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold 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 Rand’s under 1% is ahead of 21% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 80% 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 conserved acres
under 1% of Rand’s land. Who manages Rand’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 | County | 1 | Open |
The best walking months in Rand: 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) | 44 | 48 | 57 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
November is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rand →
Questions about parks and trails in Rand
How much of Rand 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 Rand?
11,412 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rand or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rand have?
Ahead of 34% 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 Rand 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 →