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Outdoors in New Britain Township

24% of New Britain Township’s land is conserved: 2,284 acres

1,850 acres are parks and preserves, 150 per 1,000 residents. 94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 12 miles of mapped trail cross New Britain Township, 0.8 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 96% of U.S. towns · #46 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
24%
2,284 acres · of 14.7 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,850 ac
150 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
11 mi
9.7 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
6
4 boat launches

What kind of outdoors town is New Britain Township?

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

Land that stays wild24% of the land is conserved; a typical Pennsylvania town, 8%.Room to roam150 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Parks close to home94% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does New Britain Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Britain Township is ahead of 96% of U.S. towns, #46 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, trail miles lowest.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of New Britain Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land24% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (12 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land150 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,850 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13AParks close to home94% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 96%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 96%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so New Britain Township’s 24% is ahead of 85% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. 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

The longest trail network is Peace Valley Park, with 10.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Peace Valley Park

Park
1,452 acres10.9 mi of trail
South Woods TrailOchre TrailFar Out LoopLake Walk+1
No dogs
Directionsto Hike and Bike Path Parking

North Branch Park

Park
46 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

West Branch Park

Park
14 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Veterans Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
Peace Valley Park1,452 acres · 10.9 mi of trail
Directions
North Branch Park46 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
West Branch Park14 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Highlands Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Directions
Veterans Park5 acres
Directions
Twin Streams Park2 acres
Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve1 acres
Directions
New Britain Walk Park1 acres
Who protects it

2,284 conserved acres

24% of New Britain Township’s land. Who manages New Britain Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government1,698 ac
Town or city782 ac
County537 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits316 ac
Joint122 ac
Not recorded193 ac
Local Park · 1,748 acAgricultural Easement · 925 acOther Easement · 344 acForest Stewardship Easement · 251 acConservation Easement · 197 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 454 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 9 of 99 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Peace Valley Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government1,439Open
Pine Run Greenway
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government72Open
Undeveloped
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded59Unknown
Buckingham Township Land
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded47Open
North Branch Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government45Open
Wilma Quinlan Nature Preserve
Local Conservation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government45Open
West Branch Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government44Open
Cotton Park
Local Park
Not recorded39Unknown
Veterans Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government29Open
New Britain Township Open Space
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government18Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

23 places to go in New Britain Township

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

Playgrounds in New Britain Township
Highlands Community Playground
Directions
Highlands Community Playground
Directions

Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

25 named trails and 6 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.6 miUnpaved · 10.9 mi
South Woods Trail0.7 mi
Ochre Trail0.7 mi
Far Out Loop0.5 mi
Lake Walk0.4 mi
Indian Path0.4 mi
Deer Path0.4 mi
Scout Trail0.4 mi
Sunrise Trek0.4 mi
Unami Trail0.4 mi
Upper Woods Trail0.3 mi
15 more trails
Pooh Tree Loop
0.3 mi
Morning Bird Walk
0.3 mi
Mini Loop
0.2 mi
Habitat Trail
0.2 mi
Maple Leaf Trail
0.2 mi
Hawk Walk
0.2 mi
Upper Woods Loop
0.2 mi
Swamp Trail
0.2 mi
Evergreen Trail
0.2 mi
Sunrise Hill
0.2 mi
Pond Path
0.2 mi
West Woods Trail
0.2 mi
Pine Path
0.2 mi
Fallen Tree Trail
0.2 mi
Willow Walk
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Deer PondpondLake GalenareservoirPersimmon PondpondPolly PondpondWoods PondpondNorth Branch Neshaminy Creek
Biking & sports

11 miles of bike routes

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

9.7 mi
off-road bike paths
0.8 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
10Baseball
6Tennis
5Soccer
4Basketball
1Football
1Multi-sport

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

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Morgan James HomesteadBuilding · listed 1977
About it
Pine Valley Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in New Britain 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)394351637382868477665444
Rain (in)3.52.74.03.84.04.35.14.64.54.13.34.2

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in New Britain Township →

Next door

New Britain Township and its neighbors

New Britain Township has the most mapped trails of the 8 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

New Britain Township12 miDoylestown Township8.3 miWarrington Township7.7 miHatfield Township2.9 miNew Britain1.7 miHilltown Township1.3 miBrittany Farms-The Highlands0.8 miChalfont0.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
New Britain Township24%0.815094%A+
Chalfont12%0.42999%+A
Doylestown Township21%0.58294%A
Hilltown Township13%under 0.13777%B+
Warrington Township16%0.63599%+A
New Britain5%1.41399%+A
Brittany Farms-The Highlands— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Hatfield Township5%0.31799%+B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in New Britain Township

Where can I hike in New Britain Township?

The longest trail networks: Peace Valley Park, 10.9 miles; North Branch Park, 0.1 miles; West Branch Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of New Britain Township is conserved land?

24% 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 New Britain Township’s trails?

Peace Valley Park and North Branch Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in New Britain Township?

11 miles of bike routes are on the map: 9.7 of off-road paths and 0.8 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near New Britain Township?

31,774 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Britain Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,850 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does New Britain Township have?

Ahead of 96% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #46 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 New Britain Township 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 →