Carnegie Free Library Of Braddock · Photo: Christopher Rolinson · CC BY 3.0 usVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Braddock
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Braddock, 1.4 per square mile of land. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Braddock?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Braddock have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Braddock is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Braddock’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 86% of them.
Water is 15% of Braddock’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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3 places to go in Braddock
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
3 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Braddock: April, May 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) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 41 | 50 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Braddock →
Braddock and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braddock | under 1% | 1.4 | 1 | 99%+ | B |
| North Braddock | under 1% | 1.9 | under 1 | 99%+ | B− |
| Rankin | 14% | 3.5 | 22 | 99%+ | A+ |
| West Mifflin | 3% | 0.8 | 12 | 98% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Braddock
How much of Braddock is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Is there public land near Braddock?
16,833 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Braddock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Braddock have?
Ahead of 56% 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 Braddock neighbors.
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 →