Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Mount Carmel
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Mount Carmel, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns · #751 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Carmel?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Mount Carmel have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Carmel is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #751 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Mount Carmel’s 1% is ahead of 4% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 62% 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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
3 conserved acres
1% of Mount Carmel’s land. Who manages Mount Carmel’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
1 named trail
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.
The best walking months in Mount Carmel: May 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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 44 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 5.0 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Mount Carmel →
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Carmel
How much of Mount Carmel is conserved land?
1% 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 Mount Carmel’s trails?
Town Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mount Carmel?
23,962 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Carmel or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Carmel have?
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #751 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 Mount Carmel 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 →