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Outdoors in Lititz

97% of residents live within a half mile of a park in Lititz

The biggest trail networks: Lititz Springs Park (0.9 mi). 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Lititz, 0.5 per square mile of land. 45 acres are parks and preserves, 4.7 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns · #647 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
43 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
45 ac
4.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
97%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.1 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 0.8 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Lititz?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lititz have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lititz is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns, #647 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. 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 Lititz’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 59%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 38%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Lititz’s 3% is ahead of 20% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 57% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. 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 Lititz Springs Park, with 0.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Lititz Springs Park

Park
17 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

New Street Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Dean L. Saylor Park

Park
3 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Lions Club Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

43 conserved acres

3% of Lititz’s land. Who manages Lititz’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government43 ac
Local Park · 24 acLocal Recreation Area · 19 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Lititz Springs Swimming Pool/Recreation Center
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government18Open
Lititz Springs Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government11Open
Sixth Street Linear Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government6Open
North Locust Street Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government5Open
Warwick Township Linear Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Lititz Lions Playground
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government1Open
Things to do

11 places to go in Lititz

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

Picnic areas in Lititz
Bortz PavilionIn Lititz Springs Park
Directions
Boy Scout PavilionIn Lititz Springs Park
Directions
Biking & sports

1.1 miles of bike routes

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

0.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
16Tennis
2Soccer
2Basketball
2Baseball
1Softball
1Field hockey
1Football
1Tracks

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

History along the way

5 places 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 →
Sturgis, Julius, Pretzel HouseBuilding · listed 1974
About it
Johann Agust Sutter HouseBuilding · listed 1982
About it
Congregational StoreBuilding · listed 1983
About it
William Werner HouseBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Lititz Moravian Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1986
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Lititz: April to June 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)384251647381868477655443
Rain (in)3.02.53.73.63.84.14.44.14.74.23.13.4

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Lititz →

Questions about parks and trails in Lititz

Where can I hike in Lititz?

The longest trail networks: Lititz Springs Park, 0.9 miles; Dean L. Saylor Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Lititz is conserved land?

3% 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 Lititz’s trails?

Lititz Springs Park and New Street Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Lititz?

1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of painted or protected lanes and 0.8 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Lititz?

17,767 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lititz or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 45 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Lititz have?

Ahead of 59% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #647 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. 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 Lititz neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →