Zion View Athletic Park & Community Center
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Conewago Township
Few parks or trails are on the map in Conewago Township
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Conewago Township. 42% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 39 acres are parks and preserves, 4.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns · #1,018 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
98 acres · of 24.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
39 ac
4.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
42%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Conewago Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Conewago Township is ahead of 14% of U.S. towns, #1,018 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Conewago Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% 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 land4.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (39 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13CParks close to home42% 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 14%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 2%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Conewago Township’s 1% is ahead of 4% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Conewago 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
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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.
Hykes Mill Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
98 conserved acres
1% of Conewago Township’s land. Who manages Conewago Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits255 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government14 ac
Not recorded20 ac
Forest Stewardship Easement · 191 acConservation Easement · 64 acLocal Other or Unknown · 20 acLocal Park · 10 acLocal Recreation Area · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion View Athletic Park & Community Center Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 10 | Open |
| Municipal Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 10 | Open |
| Mill Creek Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 10 | Open |
| Hykes Field Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 4 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Conewago Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Conewago Township
Conewago Memorial Park
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 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
4Baseball
2Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Conewago 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 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 42 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Conewago Township →
Next door
Conewago Township and its neighbors
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Warrington Township31 miManchester Township2.2 miEast Manchester Township2.1 miNewberry Township1.0 miConewago Township0.2 miDover Township0.2 miWeigelstown0.2 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 42% | D |
| Manchester Township | 9% | 0.1 | 9 | 74% | B− |
| Newberry Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 17% | D |
| East Manchester Township | 12% | 0.1 | 28 | 52% | B |
| Dover Township | 10% | under 0.1 | 4 | 53% | C |
| Weigelstown | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Warrington Township | 23% | 0.9 | 479 | 25% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Conewago Township
How much of Conewago Township is conserved land?
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 Conewago Township’s trails?
Zion View Athletic Park & Community Center and Hykes Mill Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Conewago Township?
13,181 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Conewago Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 39 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Conewago Township have?
Ahead of 14% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #1,018 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 Conewago 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 →