Brookside Park
Park
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Dover Township
10% of Dover Township’s land is conserved: 2,735 acres
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Dover Township. 86 acres are parks and preserves, 3.7 per 1,000 residents. 53% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns · #919 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
2,735 acres · of 41.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
86 ac
3.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
53%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Dover Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Dover Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dover Township is ahead of 32% of U.S. towns, #919 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dover Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (86 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13CParks close to home53% 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 32%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 11%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Dover Township’s 10% is ahead of 58% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− 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
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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Lehr Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Edgewood Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
2,735 conserved acres
10% of Dover Township’s land. Who manages Dover Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County10,155 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits673 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)152 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government58 ac
State fish & wildlife2 ac
Not recorded16 ac
Agricultural Easement · 10,585 acConservation Easement · 234 acForest Stewardship Easement · 161 acLocal Park · 54 acLocal Other or Unknown · 12 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2,659 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 93 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 22 | Open |
| Lehr Unity Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 17 | Open |
| Dover Community Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 8 | Open |
| Edgewood Park Local Park | Not recorded | 7 | Open |
| Municipal Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 7 | Open |
| Mayfield Park Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
| Fema Flood Buyout (County Or Municipal Owned) Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 5 | Open |
| Little Conewago Creek Conservation Area Local Conservation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
| Conewago Creek Access State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 2 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Dover Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Dover Township
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Dover Township
Campground IslandFee
DirectionsCedar Lake CampgroundFee
DirectionsTrails & 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
3Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Dover 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) | 39 | 42 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 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 Dover Township →
Next door
Dover Township and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Warrington Township31 miJackson Township4.5 miWest Manchester Township1.4 miDover Township0.2 miWeigelstown0.2 miConewago Township0.2 miShiloh0.1 miWashington Township0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | 10% | under 0.1 | 4 | 53% | C |
| Warrington Township | 23% | 0.9 | 479 | 25% | A− |
| West Manchester Township | 1% | 0.1 | 5 | 86% | C |
| Weigelstown | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Conewago Township | 1% | under 0.1 | 4 | 42% | D |
| Washington Township | 13% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 2% | C− |
| Shiloh | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Jackson Township | 3% | 0.2 | 2 | 24% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dover Township
How much of Dover Township is conserved land?
10% 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 Dover Township’s trails?
Brookside Park and Lehr Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Dover Township?
13,775 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dover Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 87 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dover Township have?
Ahead of 32% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #919 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 Dover 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 →