Memorial Park
Managed by City of New Kensington
56 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in New Kensington
New Kensington has 100 acres of parks, 8.4 for every 1,000 residents
89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of New Kensington’s land is conserved, about 44 acres. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross New Kensington, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns · #847 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
44 acres · of 3.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
100 ac
8.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is New Kensington?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does New Kensington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Kensington is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #847 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 New Kensington’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4CPark land8.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (100 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home89% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 41%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 18%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so New Kensington’s 2% is ahead of 11% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
Water is 7% of New Kensington’s area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
MASSA HARBISON PARK
Managed by City of New Kensington
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
A-K Valley Park LLC
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Memorial Park56 acres · City of New Kensington
MASSA HARBISON PARK7 acres · City of New Kensington
DirectionsA-K Valley Park LLC6 acres
Parnasus Park1 acres
DirectionsBarns Street Downtown Playground1 acres · Ciity of New Kensington
DirectionsWho protects it
44 conserved acres
2% of New Kensington’s land. Water is left out: New Kensington has 3.9 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages New Kensington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government44 ac
Local Park · 44 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 37 | Open |
| Fairmont Drive Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 5 | Open |
| Parnassus Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in New Kensington
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in New Kensington
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
7Tennis
4Baseball
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 6 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in New Kensington: April, May 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 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 37 | 41 | 50 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 52 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in New Kensington →
Next door
New Kensington and its neighbors
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Springdale Township10 miLower Burrell5.2 miEast Deer Township4.0 miTarentum2.3 miNew Kensington0.4 miArnold0.4 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Kensington | 2% | 0.1 | 8 | 89% | C+ |
| Lower Burrell | 2% | 0.5 | 18 | 58% | B− |
| Arnold | 2% | 0.5 | 2 | 99% | B− |
| East Deer Township | 8% | 1.8 | 92 | 89% | A |
| Tarentum | 3% | 1.9 | 7 | 98% | A− |
| Springdale Township | 11% | 4.5 | 129 | 99%+ | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in New Kensington
How much of New Kensington 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 New Kensington’s trails?
Memorial Park and MASSA HARBISON PARK don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near New Kensington?
11,609 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Kensington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 100 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does New Kensington have?
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #847 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 Kensington neighbors.
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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 →