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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in East Lansdowne

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in East Lansdowne

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns · #994 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 0.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is East Lansdowne?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does East Lansdowne have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, East Lansdowne is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns, #994 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of East Lansdowne’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 21%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 4%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so East Lansdowne’s under 1% is ahead of 0% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in East Lansdowne. 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

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
Things to do

1 places to go in East Lansdowne

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in East Lansdowne

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

When to get out

The best walking months in East Lansdowne: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)414452657483878579675646
Rain (in)3.32.84.13.73.64.34.74.44.63.83.24.1

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in East Lansdowne →

Questions about parks and trails in East Lansdowne

How much of East Lansdowne 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 East Lansdowne?

19,671 acres of parks and open public land lie inside East Lansdowne or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does East Lansdowne have?

Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #994 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 East Lansdowne 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 →