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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Morton

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

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents. 4% of Morton’s land is conserved, about 7 acres.

Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns · #868 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
7 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
2.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Morton?

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

Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Morton have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Morton is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns, #868 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Morton’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land2.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 39%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 16%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Morton’s 4% is ahead of 25% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Morton. 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 C− 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.

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

7 conserved acres

4% of Morton’s land. Who manages Morton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government6 ac
Not recorded1 ac
Local Park · 5 acLocal Other or Unknown · 1 acLocal Recreation Area · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Jacob's Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government5Open
Municipal Land
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Open
Alpha Terrace Field
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Morton

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

Playgrounds in Morton

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

When to get out

The best walking months in Morton: 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)414452647483878579675646
Rain (in)3.32.84.13.73.64.44.74.44.73.83.24.1

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Morton →

Next door

Morton and its neighbors

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Springfield Township19 miRidley Township1.6 miMorton0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Morton4%under 0.1399%+C+
Springfield Township7%2.91399%+A
Ridley Township5%0.3599%+B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Morton

How much of Morton is conserved land?

4% 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 Morton?

18,723 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Morton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Morton have?

Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #868 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 Morton 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 →