Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Lemon Township
0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Lemon Township.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lemon Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lemon Township is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Lemon Township’s 1% is ahead of 7% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 9% 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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95 conserved acres
1% of Lemon Township’s land. Who manages Lemon Township’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Lake (Formerly Mud Pond) State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 92 | Open |
| Oxbow Lake Access State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 2 | Open |
6 places to go in Lemon Township
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4 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Lemon Township: May to September
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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 36 | 45 | 58 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 48 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.3 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Lemon Township →
Lemon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Township | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Nicholson Township | 3% | 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | D |
| Clinton Township | 2% | under 0.1 | 40 | 10% | C |
| Tunkhannock Township | under 1% | 0.1 | 18 | 20% | C− |
| Washington Township | 8% | 0.8 | 418 | 2% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lemon Township
How much of Lemon Township is conserved land?
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 Lemon Township?
3,337 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lemon Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 96 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lemon Township 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 Lemon 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 →