Photo: Andrew Bossi · CC BY-SA 2.5Few parks or trails are on the map in Freedom Township
5% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Freedom Township. 4 acres are parks and preserves, 1.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Freedom Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Freedom Township is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Freedom Township’s under 1% is ahead of 0% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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 places to go in Freedom Township
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1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Freedom Township: April and June to 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) | 35 | 39 | 48 | 61 | 71 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 50 | 40 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.1 inches fall in May, the wettest month. The climate in Freedom Township →
Freedom Township and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Township | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 5% | D− |
| Taylor Township | 9% | 0.1 | 8 | 11% | C |
| Juniata Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Blair Township | 7% | 0.1 | 13 | 51% | B− |
| Greenfield Township | 6% | 0.6 | 3 | 17% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Freedom Township
How much of Freedom Township 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 Freedom Township?
45,340 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Freedom Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Freedom Township have?
Ahead of 5% 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 Freedom Township 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 →