Twelvepole Valley Athletic Park
Managed by Twelvepole Valley Athletics Park Board
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: 6wh07433 at English Wikipedia · Public domainB−Outdoors
Outdoors in Wayne
Wayne has 15 acres of parks, 9.0 for every 1,000 residents
93% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Wayne’s land is conserved, about 14 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Wayne, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
14 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
9.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
93%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Wayne?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wayne have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wayne is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wayne’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land9.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home93% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 52%
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Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Wayne’s 2% is ahead of 46% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 43% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Wayne Park
Managed by Wayne Parks and Recreation
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
14 conserved acres
2% of Wayne’s land. Who manages Wayne’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners12 ac
Town or city2 ac
Not recorded14 ac
Local Park · 28 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twelvepole Valley Athletic Park Local Park | Not recorded | 23 | Open |
| Wayne Park Local Park | Not recorded | 2 | Open |
| Wayne Municipal Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
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
2Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Wayne County World War I MemorialObject · listed 2024
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Wayne: April and June
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 | 77 | 84 | 87 | 86 | 81 | 69 | 58 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
November is the driest month (3.1 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 Wayne →
Questions about parks and trails in Wayne
How much of Wayne is conserved land?
2% 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 Wayne’s trails?
Twelvepole Valley Athletic Park and Wayne Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Wayne?
24,990 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wayne or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wayne have?
Ahead of 52% 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 Wayne neighbors.
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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 →