Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Muncy
92% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 6.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Muncy, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Muncy?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Muncy have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Muncy is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. 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 Muncy’s 3% is ahead of 19% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 35% 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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16 conserved acres
3% of Muncy’s land. Who manages Muncy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fema Flood Buyout (County Or Municipal Owned) Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 8 | Open |
| Schuyler Ave Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| Muncy Borough Field Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Muncy: 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) | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 35 | 38 | 48 | 61 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Muncy →
Questions about parks and trails in Muncy
How much of Muncy is conserved land?
3% 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 Muncy?
18,793 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Muncy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Muncy have?
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Muncy 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 →