Samuel Warden House · Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Mount Pleasant
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 4.3 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Mount Pleasant, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #813 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Pleasant?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Mount Pleasant have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Pleasant is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #813 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 Pleasant’s 2% is ahead of 13% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% 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.
13 conserved acres
2% of Mount Pleasant’s land. Who manages Mount Pleasant’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frick Park Local Park | Not recorded | 6 | Unknown |
| Mullin Avenue Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 4 | Open |
| Geary St. Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
3 places to go in Mount Pleasant
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 picnic area without a name on the map.
0.3 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.
2 places 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 Mount Pleasant: April 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 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 41 | 50 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Mount Pleasant →
Mount Pleasant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 2% | 0.1 | 4 | 99%+ | C+ |
| Mount Pleasant Township | 5% | 0.2 | 75 | 28% | B− |
| East Huntingdon Township | 10% | 0.1 | 3 | 20% | 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
How much of Mount Pleasant 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.
Are dogs allowed on Mount Pleasant’s trails?
Willow Park and Frick Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Mount Pleasant?
0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Mount Pleasant?
4,861 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Pleasant or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Pleasant have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #813 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 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 →