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Outdoors in Litchfield Township

Few parks or trails are on the map in Litchfield Township

1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Litchfield Township. 2% of Litchfield Township’s land is conserved, about 338 acres.

Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
338 acres · of 30.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
1%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
1,591 ft
Orange Hill
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Litchfield Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Litchfield Township is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Litchfield Township’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 7%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Litchfield Township’s 2% is ahead of 11% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Litchfield Township. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

338 conserved acres

2% of Litchfield Township’s land. Who manages Litchfield Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County641 ac
State fish & wildlife16 ac
Not recorded320 ac
Agricultural Easement · 641 acPrivate Agricultural · 320 acState Other or Unknown · 16 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Feusner D&D
Private Agricultural
Not recorded320Closed
Sayre Access/North Branch Susquehanna River
State Other or Unknown
State fish & wildlife16Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Litchfield Township

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

Boat launches in Litchfield Township
PFBC Sayre Access
Directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Litchfield Township: May, July and 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.410.511.813.314.515.214.913.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)323543566876807972594736
Rain (in)2.52.13.13.53.54.23.94.04.03.92.92.8

February is the driest month (2.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Litchfield Township →

Next door

Litchfield Township 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
Litchfield Township2%under 0.1under 11%D
Athens Township5%under 0.19847%B−
Rome Townshipunder 1%0.1under 1under 1%D−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Litchfield Township

How much of Litchfield Township is conserved land?

2% 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 Litchfield Township?

6,723 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Litchfield Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Litchfield Township have?

Ahead of 7% 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 Litchfield Township 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 →