Neversink Mountain Preserve
Managed by Berks Nature
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Mount Penn
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Mount Penn
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Mount Penn, 0.7 per square mile of land. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 51% of U.S. towns · #736 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
2 acres · of 0.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Penn?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mount Penn have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Penn is ahead of 51% of U.S. towns, #736 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mount Penn’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land0.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · PA 14 · U.S. 13DParks 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 51%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 29%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Mount Penn’s 1% is ahead of 6% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Mount Penn. 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
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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.
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
1% of Mount Penn’s land. Who manages Mount Penn’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government1 ac
Not recorded1 ac
Local Park · 2 acLocal Recreation Area · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant St Park Local Park | Not recorded | 2 | Open |
| Grant St Playground Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Mount Penn
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Mount Penn
St. Catherine of Siena Playgrounds
DirectionsPlus 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 Mount Penn: April to June
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 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 42 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Penn →
Next door
Mount Penn and its neighbors
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Exeter Township128 miLower Alsace Township75 miReading55 miSt. Lawrence8.3 miPennside5.0 miMount Penn0.3 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Penn | 1% | 0.7 | under 1 | 99%+ | B− |
| Lower Alsace Township | 49% | 15.6 | 261 | 96% | A+ |
| Pennside | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| St. Lawrence | 18% | 9.2 | 36 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Reading | 17% | 5.6 | 10 | 99%+ | A |
| Exeter Township | 11% | 5.3 | 33 | 82% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Penn
How much of Mount Penn 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 Penn’s trails?
Neversink Mountain Preserve doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mount Penn?
21,952 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Penn or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Penn have?
Ahead of 51% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #736 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 Penn 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 →