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Madison Pennsylvania Main Street 2010Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Madison

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

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1% of Madison’s land is conserved, about 4 acres. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
1%
4 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
13 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

1
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Madison Park

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

4 conserved acres

1% of Madison’s land. Who manages Madison’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government4 ac
Local Park · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Madison Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government4Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Madison

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

Playgrounds in Madison
Madison Park PlaygroundIn Madison Park
Directions
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
2Soccer
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Madison: April 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.19.99.3
High (°F)384150637380848276655242
Rain (in)3.32.83.43.74.34.64.53.93.73.33.23.3

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.6 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Madison →

Next door

Madison 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
Madison— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Sewickley Township2%0.1937%C
Hempfield Township5%0.22046%B−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Madison

Are dogs allowed on Madison’s trails?

Madison Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Madison?

7,590 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Madison or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Madison 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 →