Photo: 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 4.0Newton Township has 10 miles of mapped trails, 0.5 for every square mile of land
18% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 34 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #932 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
How much outdoors does Newton Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Newton Township is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #932 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Newton Township’s 1% is ahead of 5% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 52% 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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105 conserved acres
1% of Newton Township’s land. Who manages Newton Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford's Lake State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 72 | Open |
| Forest Acres Preserve Private Conservation | Not recorded | 53 | Open |
| Newton Recreation Center Park Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 6 | Open |
8 places to go in Newton Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers
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.
The best walking months in Newton Township: May to July and September
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 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 33 | 36 | 45 | 58 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 48 | 38 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Newton Township →
Newton Township and its neighbors
Newton Township has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Township | 1% | 0.5 | 12 | 18% | C |
| Ransom Township | 1% | 1.5 | 1 | 12% | C |
| South Abington Township | 4% | 0.6 | 8 | 29% | C+ |
| Exeter Township | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 22% | C− |
| Glenburn Township | 5% | under 0.1 | 25 | 80% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Newton Township
How much of Newton Township is conserved land?
1% 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 Newton Township?
18,764 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newton Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 106 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Newton Township have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #932 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 Newton Township 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 →