Center Township Community Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Center Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Center Township
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Center Township. 20% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 15 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
124 acres · of 48.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
20%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Center Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Center Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Center Township is ahead of 16% 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 Center Township’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land13 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home20% 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 16%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Center Township’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Center Township. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
124 conserved acres
under 1% of Center Township’s land. Who manages Center Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County326 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government12 ac
Not recorded3 ac
Agricultural Easement · 326 acLocal Park · 15 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 109 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township Park Local Park | Not recorded | 15 | Unknown |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Center Township: 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.
| 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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 41 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Center Township →
Next door
Center Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Richhill Township18 miFranklin Township7.1 miJackson Township6.6 miMorris Township2.3 miWayne Township1.6 miCenter Township0.4 miGray Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 13 | 20% | C− |
| Franklin Township | 1% | 0.2 | 27 | 32% | C |
| Gray Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Jackson Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Morris Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Wayne Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Richhill Township | — 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 Center Township
How much of Center Township 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.
Are dogs allowed on Center Township’s trails?
Center Township Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Center Township?
17,921 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Center Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Center Township have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Center Township 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 →