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Chester Hill, PA borough hall and keystone marker, June 2024Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Chester Hill

Few parks or trails are on the map in Chester Hill

2 acres are parks and preserves, 2.3 per 1,000 residents. 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
2 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
2.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
77%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
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
Who protects it

2 conserved acres

1% of Chester Hill’s land. Water is left out: Chester Hill has 0.4 square miles of land and 0.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Chester Hill’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners2 ac
Private Recreation or Education · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Homer Maney Memorial Field
Private Recreation or Education
Private owners2Open
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
2Tennis
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Chester Hill: April, May and July to September

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)9.510.611.813.314.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)343746607078828073614938
Rain (in)3.02.53.43.84.04.24.23.94.13.53.23.3

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Chester Hill →

Next door

Chester Hill and its neighbors

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TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Chester Hill— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Philipsburg27%2.76599%+A+
Rush Township61%1.21,09746%A
Decatur Townshipunder 1%0.1112%D
South Philipsburg— 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 Chester Hill

Is there public land near Chester Hill?

48,707 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chester Hill or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Chester Hill 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 →