Gilbert Bridge · Photo: Delphinium1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Monaghan Township
6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.0 miles of mapped trail cross Monaghan Township, 0.2 per square mile of land. 2% of Monaghan Township’s land is conserved, about 181 acres.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #1,022 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
How much outdoors does Monaghan Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Monaghan Township is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #1,022 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. 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 Monaghan Township’s 2% is ahead of 14% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 26% 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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181 conserved acres
2% of Monaghan Township’s land. Who manages Monaghan Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 181 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place 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.
The best walking months in Monaghan Township: April to 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 41 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Monaghan Township →
Monaghan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan Township | 2% | 0.2 | under 1 | 6% | D |
| Fairview Township | 2% | 0.1 | 8 | 41% | C− |
| Upper Allen Township | 7% | 1.0 | 13 | 80% | A− |
| Messiah College | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Carroll Township | 2% | 0.1 | 8 | 43% | C |
| Warrington Township | 23% | 0.9 | 479 | 25% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Monaghan Township
How much of Monaghan 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 Monaghan Township?
12,715 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Monaghan Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Monaghan Township have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #1,022 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 Monaghan 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 →