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Outdoors in Leesport

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Leesport

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Leesport, 1.5 per square mile of land. 5% of Leesport’s land is conserved, about 22 acres.

Ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
5%
22 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
22 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Leesport?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Leesport have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Leesport is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Leesport’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 85%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Leesport’s 5% is ahead of 32% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A. 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 Leesport Playground, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Leesport Playground

Managed by Leesport Borough
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Rachel Trois Memorial Park

Managed by Leesport Borough
3 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

22 conserved acres

5% of Leesport’s land. Who manages Leesport’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government22 ac
Local Recreation Area · 15 acLocal Park · 7 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Leesport Playground
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government9Open
Rachel Trois Memorial Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government6Open
Leesport Borough Open Space
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government6Open
Leesport Lock House
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Leesport

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Leesport

2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports

0.3 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
3Baseball
3Basketball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Leesport Lock HouseBuilding · listed 1977
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Leesport: April and May

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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)384150637382868477655343
Rain (in)3.42.53.63.73.84.64.94.64.74.13.23.7

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.9 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Leesport →

Next door

Leesport and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Leesport5%1.51099%+A−
Bern Township19%2.912571%A+
Ontelaunee Township20%2.837386%A+
Centre Township36%0.1125%C

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Leesport

Where can I hike in Leesport?

The longest trail networks: Leesport Playground, 0.3 miles; Rachel Trois Memorial Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Leesport is conserved land?

5% 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 Leesport’s trails?

Leesport Playground and Rachel Trois Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Leesport?

0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Leesport?

20,083 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leesport or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Leesport have?

Ahead of 85% 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 Leesport 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 →