Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Geistown
0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Geistown, 0.8 per square mile of land. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Geistown?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Geistown have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Geistown is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Geistown’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 72% 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 Geistown
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3 named trails
The best walking months in Geistown: April 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) | 34 | 37 | 46 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Geistown →
Geistown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geistown | under 1% | 0.8 | under 1 | 79% | C+ |
| Richland Township | 1% | 0.2 | 8 | 56% | C |
| Belmont | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Oakland | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Stonycreek Township | 4% | 3.7 | 33 | 99%+ | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Geistown
How much of Geistown 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 Geistown?
41,290 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Geistown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Geistown have?
Ahead of 35% 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 Geistown 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 →