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Narbrook Park Historic DistrictNarbrook Park Historic District · Photo: Smallbones · CC0
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Narberth

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Narberth

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 2.9 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Narberth’s land is conserved, about 8 acres.

Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #887 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
8 acres · of 0.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
2.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Narberth?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Narberth have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Narberth is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #887 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Narberth’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 14%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Narberth’s 3% is ahead of 18% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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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.

Narberth Park

Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Narbrook Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Elm Grove Park

Managed by Narberth Borough
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Sabine Park

Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

8 conserved acres

3% of Narberth’s land. Who manages Narberth’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government8 ac
Local Recreation Area · 6 acLocal Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Narberth Playground
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government6Open
Sabine Avenue Tot-lot
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Things to do

4 places to go in Narberth

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Narberth
Narberth PlaygroundIn Narberth Park
Directions

Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Basketball
1Skate park
1Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Narbrook Park Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2003
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Narberth: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.713.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)404351647382878578665545
Rain (in)3.42.84.13.73.94.44.84.54.74.03.34.3

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Narberth →

Next door

Narberth and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Narberth3%under 0.1399%+C+
Merion Station— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wynnewood— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Narberth

How much of Narberth 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.

Are dogs allowed on Narberth’s trails?

Narberth Park and Narbrook Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Narberth?

19,993 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Narberth or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Narberth have?

Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #887 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 Narberth neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →