Few parks or trails are on the map in Tornado
4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Tornado, 1.1 per square mile of land. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.6 per 1,000 residents. 48% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Tornado?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Tornado have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tornado is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. 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 Tornado’s under 1% is ahead of 6% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% 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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2 places to go in Tornado
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.
1 lakes & rivers
April is the best month for walking in Tornado
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 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
November is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tornado →
Questions about parks and trails in Tornado
How much of Tornado 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 Tornado?
6,694 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tornado or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Tornado have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Tornado 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 →