Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Harveys Lake
0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Harveys Lake, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Harveys Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harveys Lake is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Harveys Lake’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 23% of them.
Water is 16% of Harveys Lake’s area (1 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Harveys Lake’s land. Water is left out: Harveys Lake has 5.4 square miles of land and 1.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Harveys Lake’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harveys Lake Access State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 3 | Open |
4 places to go in Harveys Lake
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
3 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Harveys Lake: May 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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 44 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Harveys Lake →
Harveys Lake and its neighbors
Harveys Lake has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harveys Lake | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Lake Township | 13% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Lehman Township | 15% | 0.1 | 44 | 16% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Harveys Lake
How much of Harveys Lake 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 Harveys Lake?
53,564 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harveys Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Harveys Lake have?
Ahead of 6% 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 Harveys Lake 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 →