Mohrsville Playground
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jack · CC BY-SA 2.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Centre Township
36% of Centre Township’s land is conserved: 4,978 acres
6 acres are parks and preserves, 1.3 per 1,000 residents. 25% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Centre Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #914 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
36%
4,978 acres · of 21.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
1.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
25%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Centre Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Centre Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Centre Township is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #914 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Centre Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land36% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home25% 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 34%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 12%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Centre Township’s 36% is ahead of 94% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 16% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D 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.
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.
Who protects it
4,978 conserved acres
36% of Centre Township’s land. Who manages Centre Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County11,749 ac
Town or city5,212 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits1,394 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)487 ac
Joint341 ac
Not recorded171 ac
Agricultural Easement · 19,141 acPrivate Agricultural · 171 acForest Stewardship Easement · 32 acConservation Easement · 11 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,807 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riegel Kent E & Carol M Private Agricultural | Not recorded | 64 | Closed |
| Good Barry L & Barbara A Private Agricultural | Not recorded | 47 | Closed |
| Kaczor Stanley J Jr & Sheryl Private Agricultural | Not recorded | 35 | Closed |
| Sterling Richard E Jr & Ruth H Private Agricultural | Not recorded | 25 | Closed |
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
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Bellman's Union ChurchBuilding · listed 1973
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Centre Township: April and May
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 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Centre Township →
Next door
Centre Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Bern Township56 miOntelaunee Township25 miPenn Township11 miUpper Bern Township8.8 miPerry Township3.6 miCentre Township1.5 miLeesport1.1 miShoemakersville0.3 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Township | 36% | 0.1 | 1 | 25% | C |
| Perry Township | 46% | 0.2 | 67 | 33% | B+ |
| Shoemakersville | 3% | 0.6 | 8 | 93% | B |
| Ontelaunee Township | 20% | 2.8 | 373 | 86% | A+ |
| Penn Township | 39% | 0.6 | 48 | 48% | A− |
| Leesport | 5% | 1.5 | 10 | 99%+ | A− |
| Bern Township | 19% | 2.9 | 125 | 71% | A+ |
| Upper Bern Township | 50% | 0.5 | 10 | 47% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Centre Township
How much of Centre Township is conserved land?
36% 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 Centre Township’s trails?
Mohrsville Playground doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Centre Township?
39,010 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Centre Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Centre Township have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #914 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 Centre 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 →