Big Beaver Borough Community Park
Park
120 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Nyttend · Public domainC+Outdoors
Outdoors in Big Beaver
Big Beaver has 236 acres of parks, 128 for every 1,000 residents
1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Big Beaver, 0.1 per square mile of land. 33% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Big Beaver’s land is conserved, about 246 acres.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
246 acres · of 17.8 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
236 ac
128 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
33%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Big Beaver?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Big Beaver have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Big Beaver is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Big Beaver’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land128 acres of park per 1,000 residents (236 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13AParks close to home33% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 44%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Big Beaver’s 2% is ahead of 14% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% 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.
State Game Lands Number 148
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
246 conserved acres
2% of Big Beaver’s land. Who manages Big Beaver’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government183 ac
Town or city29 ac
State fish & wildlife7 ac
Not recorded28 ac
Local Park · 212 acLocal Recreation Area · 29 acState Resource Management Area · 7 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Beaver Borough Community Park Local Park | Not recorded | 149 | Unknown |
| Big Beaver Borough Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 54 | Open |
| Labate Property Acquisition Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 29 | Open |
| Big Beaver Township School Ballfields Local Park | Not recorded | 7 | Unknown |
| State Game Land 148 State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 7 | Open |
| McKinley Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Big Beaver
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Big Beaver
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Big Beaver: April, May, August 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 36 | 39 | 49 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Big Beaver →
Next door
Big Beaver and its neighbors
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Darlington Township8.3 miChippewa Township7.0 miNorth Sewickley Township6.3 miNew Beaver4.3 miBig Beaver1.5 miBeaver Falls0.2 miWest Mayfield0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Beaver | 2% | 0.1 | 128 | 33% | C+ |
| Chippewa Township | 8% | 0.4 | 86 | 45% | B+ |
| North Sewickley Township | 7% | 0.3 | 70 | 27% | B |
| Beaver Falls | 3% | 0.1 | 4 | 99% | C+ |
| New Beaver | 6% | 0.3 | 15 | 19% | B− |
| West Mayfield | 14% | under 0.1 | 55 | 87% | B+ |
| Darlington Township | 13% | 0.4 | 15 | 14% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Big Beaver
How much of Big Beaver is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 8% for a Pennsylvania town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Big Beaver’s trails?
Big Beaver Borough Community Park and State Game Lands Number 148 don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Big Beaver?
13,025 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Big Beaver or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 243 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Big Beaver have?
Ahead of 44% 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 Big Beaver 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 →