Camp Upland Park
Park
23 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Chester Township
6% of Chester Township’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Chester Township, 1.8 per square mile of land. 6% of Chester Township’s land is conserved, about 58 acres.
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns · #140 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
58 acres · of 1.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
1.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
65 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Chester Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Chester Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chester Township is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns, #140 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, park acres per resident lowest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Chester Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4APark land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (65 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13BParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 90%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 87%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Chester Township’s 6% is ahead of 42% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 91% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. 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.
Who protects it
58 conserved acres
6% of Chester Township’s land. Who manages Chester Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government12 ac
Not recorded46 ac
Local Park · 41 acLocal Other or Unknown · 16 acLocal Recreation Area · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Land Local Park | Not recorded | 30 | Unknown |
| Municipal Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 16 | Open |
| Jacks Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
| Worrilow Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
| Womack And Circle Parks Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
| Yarnell Street Playground Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
| Williams Circle Playground Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
| Fema Flood Buyout (County Or Municipal Owned) Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Chester Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Chester Township
1 playground 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
3Baseball
1Basketball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Chester Township: April to June 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) | 41 | 44 | 52 | 64 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chester Township →
Next door
Chester Township and its neighbors
Chester Township has the second most mapped trails of the 6 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Aston Township3.2 miChester Township2.5 miChester2.2 miBrookhaven0.4 miUpper Chichester Township0.1 miUpland0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Township | 6% | 1.8 | 16 | 99%+ | A |
| Aston Township | 5% | 0.5 | 12 | 99% | A− |
| Chester | 9% | 0.5 | 9 | 99%+ | A− |
| Upland | 15% | under 0.1 | 25 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Brookhaven | 9% | 0.2 | 10 | 99%+ | B+ |
| Upper Chichester Township | 4% | under 0.1 | 9 | 99%+ | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Chester Township
How much of Chester Township is conserved land?
6% 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 Chester Township’s trails?
Camp Upland Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Chester Township?
17,895 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chester Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 65 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Chester Township have?
Ahead of 90% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #140 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 Chester 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 →