Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0St. Albans has 117 acres of parks, 11 for every 1,000 residents
3.9 miles of mapped trail cross St. Albans, 1.1 per square mile of land. The biggest trail networks: Saint Albans City Park (3 mi). 88% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns · #14 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is St. Albans?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does St. Albans have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. Albans is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns, #14 of 61 in West Virginia. Trail miles 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 St. Albans’ 3% is ahead of 55% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 83% 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
The longest trail network is Saint Albans City Park, with 3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
St. Albans Roadside Park
Billy Dunn Field
Ordnance Park
60 conserved acres
3% of St. Albans’ land. Who manages St. Albans’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Albans City Park Local Park | Town or city | 45 | Open |
| St. Albans City Park Local Park | Not recorded | 45 | Open |
| Roadside Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Ordnance Park Local Park | Not recorded | 10 | Open |
11 places to go in St. Albans
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
9 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3.0 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.
12 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
April is the best month for walking in St. Albans
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 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 48 | 57 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 69 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
November is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. Albans →
Questions about parks and trails in St. Albans
Where can I hike in St. Albans?
The longest trail networks: Saint Albans City Park, 3 miles; St. Albans Roadside Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of St. Albans is conserved land?
3% 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 St. Albans’ trails?
Saint Albans City Park and St. Albans Roadside Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in St. Albans?
3.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.0 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near St. Albans?
11,548 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. Albans or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 117 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does St. Albans have?
Ahead of 69% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #14 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 St. Albans 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 →