Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Matamoras

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
AOutdoors
Outdoors in Matamoras

11% of Matamoras’ land is conserved: 48 acres

1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Matamoras, 2.0 per square mile of land. 91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Airport Park (0.5 mi).

Ahead of 91% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
11%
48 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.4 mi
2.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
50 ac
20 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
91%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Matamoras?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Matamoras have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Matamoras is ahead of 91% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, park acres per resident lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Matamoras’ overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 91%
LessMore

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Matamoras’ 11% is ahead of 60% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 93% of them.

Water is 11% of Matamoras’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 10%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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.

1
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 Airport Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Airport Park

Park
45 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailhead
Who protects it

48 conserved acres

11% of Matamoras’ land. Water is left out: Matamoras has 0.7 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Matamoras’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government48 ac
Local Park · 48 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Airport Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government48Open
Things to do

2 places to go in Matamoras

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

Dog parks in Matamoras
Matamoras Dog ParkIn Airport Park
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for 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
4Baseball
2Tennis
2Basketball
2Soccer
1Hockey rinks
1Football
1Softball
1Multi-sport

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Matamoras: 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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)353847607179848275635140
Rain (in)3.22.53.53.63.64.84.44.64.54.53.23.8

February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Matamoras →

Next door

Matamoras 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
Matamoras11%2.02091%A
Westfall Township33%0.35738%B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Matamoras

Where can I hike in Matamoras?

The longest trail networks: Airport Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Matamoras is conserved land?

11% 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 Matamoras’ trails?

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

Is there public land near Matamoras?

55,479 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Matamoras or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 50 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Matamoras have?

Ahead of 91% 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 Matamoras neighbors.

Town Square →
Share a tip
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 →