Photo: Nyttend · Public domainVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Cresson
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Cresson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Cresson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cresson is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Cresson’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Cresson’s land. Who manages Cresson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Avenue Playground Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Cresson
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The best walking months in Cresson: May 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 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 36 | 45 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Cresson →
Questions about parks and trails in Cresson
How much of Cresson is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Cresson?
18,608 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cresson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cresson have?
Ahead of 24% 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 Cresson neighbors.
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 →