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B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Fairchance

99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Fairchance

18 acres are parks and preserves, 14 per 1,000 residents. 2% of Fairchance’s land is conserved, about 18 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Fairchance, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
18 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Fairchance?

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

Parks close to home99% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Fairchance have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Fairchance is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.

B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Fairchance’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land14 acres of park per 1,000 residents (18 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13BParks close to home99% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 66%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Fairchance’s 2% is ahead of 16% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 43% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Fairchance. 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 B− to B+. 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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Fairchance Park, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Fairchance Park

Park
9 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

18 conserved acres

2% of Fairchance’s land. Who manages Fairchance’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government13 ac
Not recorded5 ac
Local Park · 10 acLocal Recreation Area · 6 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 byAcresPublic access
Fairchance Community Park
Local Park
Not recorded10Unknown
Kyle Lane Ballfield
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government6Open
High Street Ballfield
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded3Open
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
2Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

When to get out

The best walking months in Fairchance: April 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.4
High (°F)394251647381848377655343
Rain (in)3.42.93.73.94.54.54.64.03.73.33.13.5

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Fairchance →

Questions about parks and trails in Fairchance

Where can I hike in Fairchance?

The longest trail networks: Fairchance Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Fairchance is conserved land?

2% 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 Fairchance’s trails?

Fairchance Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Fairchance?

35,689 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Fairchance or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Fairchance have?

Ahead of 66% 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 Fairchance 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 →