Southern Lehigh Living Memorial Community Park
Managed by Borough of Coopersburg
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com · CC BY-SA 3.0A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Coopersburg
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Coopersburg
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Coopersburg, 0.4 per square mile of land. 4% of Coopersburg’s land is conserved, about 25 acres.
Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns · #367 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
25 acres · of 0.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
34 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
0.5 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Coopersburg?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Coopersburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Coopersburg is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns, #367 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Coopersburg’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4BPark land14 acres of park per 1,000 residents (34 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13B−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 76%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 65%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Coopersburg’s 4% is ahead of 30% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Meadowlands Recreation Area
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
25 conserved acres
4% of Coopersburg’s land. Who manages Coopersburg’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government20 ac
Not recorded5 ac
Local Park · 23 acLocal Other or Unknown · 3 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Memorial Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 16 | Open |
| Coopersburg Borough Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 4 | Open |
| Laurel Run Local Park | Not recorded | 3 | Unknown |
| Municipal Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 3 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Coopersburg
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Coopersburg
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Liberty Bell Trolley Trail0.3 mi
Biking & sports
1.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
0.5 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
7Baseball
1Tennis
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Coopersburg: 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 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 41 | 50 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Coopersburg →
Next door
Coopersburg and its neighbors
Coopersburg has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coopersburg | 4% | 0.4 | 14 | 99%+ | A− |
| Upper Saucon Township | 8% | 0.8 | 39 | 80% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Coopersburg
How much of Coopersburg is conserved land?
4% 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 Coopersburg’s trails?
Southern Lehigh Living Memorial Community Park and Meadowlands Recreation Area don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Coopersburg?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths and 0.5 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Coopersburg?
20,029 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Coopersburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 34 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Coopersburg have?
Ahead of 76% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #367 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 Coopersburg 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 →