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Sutton West VirginiaPhoto: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5
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Outdoors in Sutton

Few parks or trails are on the map in Sutton

1 acre is park or preserve, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Sutton, 0.1 per square mile of land. 92% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 0.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
92%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

1 conserved acres

under 1% of Sutton’s land. Water is left out: Sutton has 0.8 square miles of land and 0.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sutton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County1 ac
Not recorded1 ac
Local Recreation Area · 1 acLocal Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sutton Pool
Local Recreation Area
County1Open
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
1Football

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Old Sutton High SchoolBuilding · listed 1979
About it
Sutton Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1987
About it
William Edgar Haymond HouseBuilding · listed 2004
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Sutton: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.613.712.411.110.09.5
High (°F)424655687682858479685646
Rain (in)3.53.24.33.95.14.95.64.23.53.53.13.8

November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Sutton →

Questions about parks and trails in Sutton

Is there public land near Sutton?

19,576 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sutton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Sutton neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →