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New Jerusalem, PA, May 2026Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in New Jerusalem

Few parks or trails are on the map in New Jerusalem

9 acres are parks and preserves, 14 per 1,000 residents. 31% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
1%
9 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
31%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

9 conserved acres

1% of New Jerusalem’s land. Who manages New Jerusalem’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Not recorded9 ac
Local Park · 9 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Berks County Park
Local Park
Not recorded9Unknown
When to get out

The best walking months in New Jerusalem: April and May

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)374149627280858376645342
Rain (in)3.72.73.93.94.04.75.04.84.94.43.54.0

February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in New Jerusalem →

Questions about parks and trails in New Jerusalem

Is there public land near New Jerusalem?

9,698 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Jerusalem or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from New Jerusalem 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 →