Photo: Justin A. Wilcox from Washington, D.C., United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Romney has 7 acres of parks, 3.4 for every 1,000 residents
85% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Romney?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Romney have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Romney is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Romney’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
2 places to go in Romney
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
8 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 30 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
April is the best month for walking in Romney
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 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 45 | 54 | 67 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 68 | 56 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.1 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Romney →
Questions about parks and trails in Romney
How much of Romney 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 Romney’s trails?
Homewood Preserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Romney?
11,453 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Romney or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Romney have?
Ahead of 15% 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 Romney 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 →