More than half of Petersburg’s land is conserved: 87%
87% of Petersburg’s land is conserved, about 24,669 acres. The biggest trail networks: Tongass National Forest (17.4 mi). 10 acres are parks and preserves, 3.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns · #16 of 41 in Alaska. What drives it
Conserved land
87%
24,669 acres · of 44.2 sq mi of land
Trails
22 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
3.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
70%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,608 ft
Survey Mountains
Lakes & rivers
5
3 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Petersburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Petersburg is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns, #16 of 41 in Alaska. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Petersburg’s overall grade.
Alaska towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 15%; the U.S., 4%), so Petersburg’s 87% is ahead of 92% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. 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.
Photo: John Bortniak · Public domain