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Wauponsee Glacial Trail at Symerton (March 2025)Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0
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Outdoors in Symerton

7% of Symerton’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 7% of Symerton’s land is conserved, about 5 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 55 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
7%
5 acres · of 0.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
55 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.4 mi paths
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

5 conserved acres

7% of Symerton’s land. Who manages Symerton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Regional agency5 ac
Local Recreation Area · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Wauponsee Glacial Trail 1
Local Recreation Area
Regional agency5Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Symerton

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Symerton

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.4 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.4 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Symerton: April and September

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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)323649627382848377644937
Rain (in)2.21.82.43.84.74.74.34.13.43.32.72.1

February is the driest month (1.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Symerton →

Questions about parks and trails in Symerton

Where can I bike in Symerton?

0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Symerton?

25,518 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Symerton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Symerton 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 →