State Game Lands Number 334
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
997 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Public domain · Public domainC−Outdoors
Outdoors in Elder Township
12% of Elder Township’s land is conserved: 997 acres
11% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Elder Township, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
12%
997 acres · of 13.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
11%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Elder Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Elder Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elder Township is ahead of 21% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Elder Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land12% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13DParks close to home11% 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 21%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Elder Township’s 12% is ahead of 63% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 16% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Elder Township. 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
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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.
Who protects it
997 conserved acres
12% of Elder Township’s land. Who manages Elder Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife997 ac
State Resource Management Area · 997 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Game Land 334 State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 997 | Open |
When to get out
The best walking months in Elder Township: May, August and September
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 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 36 | 45 | 59 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Elder Township →
Next door
Elder Township and its neighbors
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Chest Township118 miSusquehanna Township4.7 miEast Carroll Township1.1 miElder Township1.0 miHastings0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elder Township | 12% | 0.1 | under 1 | 11% | C− |
| Chest Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Hastings | 1% | under 0.1 | 9 | 94% | C |
| Susquehanna Township | 6% | 0.2 | 75 | 21% | B− |
| East Carroll Township | 4% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Elder Township
How much of Elder Township is conserved land?
12% 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 Elder Township’s trails?
State Game Lands Number 334 doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Elder Township?
35,298 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elder Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,001 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Elder Township have?
Ahead of 21% 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 Elder 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 →