Whispering Willows Park
Park
25 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
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Outdoors in Conyngham
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Conyngham
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 55 acres are parks and preserves, 36 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Conyngham, 0.8 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
31 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
55 ac
36 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Conyngham?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Conyngham have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Conyngham is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, conserved land lowest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Conyngham’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land36 acres of park per 1,000 residents (55 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13A−Parks 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 89%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Conyngham’s 5% is ahead of 32% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 70% 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
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
The longest trail network is Whispering Willows Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Conyngham Valley Nature Park
Park
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Sugarloaf Massacre Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
31 conserved acres
5% of Conyngham’s land. Who manages Conyngham’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government31 ac
Local Park · 31 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Willows Park to Nature Park Connection Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 12 | Open |
| Whispering Willows Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 11 | Open |
| Willows Park & Nature Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Conyngham
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Conyngham
CVCO PoolIn Whispering Willows Park
Directionsdiving poolIn Whispering Willows Park
Directionskiddie poolIn Whispering Willows Park
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Conyngham
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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
2Basketball
2Tennis
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Conyngham: May to 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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 36 | 44 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.8 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Conyngham →
Questions about parks and trails in Conyngham
Where can I hike in Conyngham?
The longest trail networks: Whispering Willows Park, 0.4 miles; Conyngham Valley Nature Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Conyngham is conserved land?
5% 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 Conyngham’s trails?
Whispering Willows Park and Conyngham Valley Nature Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Conyngham?
13,627 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Conyngham or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 55 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Conyngham have?
Ahead of 89% 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 Conyngham 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 →