Weston City Park
Managed by Weston Parks and Recreation
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Weston
Weston has 3 acres of parks, 0.8 for every 1,000 residents
1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Weston, 0.6 per square mile of land. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns · #47 of 61 in West Virginia. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
0.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Weston?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Weston have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Weston is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns, #47 of 61 in West Virginia. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Weston’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical WV town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · WV 0.3 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land0.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · WV 10 · U.S. 13DParks close to home51% of residents within a half mile of a park · WV 71% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 26%
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West Virginia towns of 2,500+ (61)Ahead of 23%
Few West Virginia towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Weston’s under 1% is ahead of 13% of West Virginia towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. 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
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Weston City Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Weston’s land. Who manages Weston’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city2 ac
Not recorded2 ac
Local Park · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston City Park Local Park | Not recorded | 4 | 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
3Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →6 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 42 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Lewis County War Memorial and Louis Bennett LibraryBuilding · listed 1978
About itWeston Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1985
About itWeston Colored SchoolBuilding · listed 1993
About itWeston Downtown Residential Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2005
About itArnold – Old Hill CemeterySite · listed 2026
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Weston: 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.
| 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 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 45 | 54 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 79 | 68 | 55 | 45 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
November is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Weston →
Questions about parks and trails in Weston
Where can I hike in Weston?
The longest trail networks: Weston City Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Weston 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 Weston’s trails?
Weston City Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Weston?
24,206 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Weston or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Weston have?
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #47 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 Weston 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 →