John's Burnt Mill Bridge · Photo: Smallbones · CC019% of Mount Pleasant Township’s land is conserved: 3,606 acres
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.7 per 1,000 residents. 12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5.0 miles of mapped trail cross Mount Pleasant Township, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #937 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Pleasant Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Mount Pleasant Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Pleasant Township is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #937 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. Conserved land 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 Pleasant Township’s 19% is ahead of 77% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% 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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3,606 conserved acres
19% of Mount Pleasant Township’s land. Who manages Mount Pleasant Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 3,243 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 154 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gettysburg National Military Park Historic or Cultural Area | National Park Service | 360 | Restricted |
| Lake Heritage Recreation Local Recreation Area | Private owners | 3 | Open |
2 places to go in Mount Pleasant Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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 28 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Mount Pleasant Township: 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.
| 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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 39 | 43 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.8 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Pleasant Township →
Mount Pleasant Township and its neighbors
Mount Pleasant Township has the second most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Township | 19% | 0.2 | 1 | 12% | C |
| Straban Township | 6% | 0.1 | 3 | 5% | C− |
| Oxford Township | 1% | 0.1 | 6 | 16% | C− |
| Conewago Township | 16% | 0.3 | 15 | 54% | B |
| Hamilton Township | 15% | 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | C− |
| Union Township | 19% | 0.1 | 4 | 8% | C |
| Mount Joy Township | 17% | 0.2 | 4 | 24% | C+ |
| Reading Township | 17% | under 0.1 | 1 | 25% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Pleasant Township
How much of Mount Pleasant Township is conserved land?
19% 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 Mount Pleasant Township?
8,797 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Pleasant Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Pleasant Township have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #937 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 Pleasant 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 →