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Outdoors in Canonsburg

Canonsburg has 64 acres of parks, 6.6 for every 1,000 residents

91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Canonsburg Town Park (0.6 mi). 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Canonsburg, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns · #602 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
60 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
64 ac
6.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
91%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Canonsburg?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Canonsburg have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Canonsburg is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns, #602 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Canonsburg’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 62%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 42%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Canonsburg’s 4% is ahead of 30% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 57% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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 Canonsburg Town Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Canonsburg Town Park

Park
36 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Falconi Sports Complex

Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

60 conserved acres

4% of Canonsburg’s land. Who manages Canonsburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government59 ac
Local Park · 49 acLocal Recreation Area · 11 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Canonsburg Borough Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government36Open
Canonsburg Town Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government12Open
Falconi Field
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government10Open
Canonsburg Playground
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government1Open
Things to do

8 places to go in Canonsburg

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

Public pools in Canonsburg
Town Park Toddler PoolIn Canonsburg Town Park
Directions

Plus 1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
6Baseball
1Basketball
1Skate park
1Football

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

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Roberts HouseBuilding · listed 1975
About it
Hawthorne SchoolBuilding · listed 1986
About it
Canonsburg ArmoryBuilding · listed 1989
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Canonsburg: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.19.99.3
High (°F)374150637380838276645242
Rain (in)3.22.73.33.54.24.34.13.83.43.02.93.2

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Canonsburg →

Next door

Canonsburg and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Canonsburg4%0.5791%B
North Strabane Township3%0.12551%C+
Chartiers Township4%under 0.11752%C+
Cecil Township1%0.31459%C+
Southpointe— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Canonsburg

Where can I hike in Canonsburg?

The longest trail networks: Canonsburg Town Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Canonsburg is conserved land?

4% 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 Canonsburg’s trails?

Canonsburg Town Park and Falconi Sports Complex don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Canonsburg?

11,291 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Canonsburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 64 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Canonsburg have?

Ahead of 62% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #602 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. 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 Canonsburg neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →