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Norvelt Pa 2011Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Norvelt

Few parks or trails are on the map in Norvelt

10% of Norvelt’s land is conserved, about 113 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 6.6 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Norvelt, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
10%
113 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
6.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
54%
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

113 conserved acres

10% of Norvelt’s land. Who manages Norvelt’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County335 ac
Town or city6 ac
Not recorded24 ac
Agricultural Easement · 335 acPrivate Conservation · 24 acLocal Park · 6 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 83 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Sewickley Creek Conservation
Private Conservation
Not recorded24Closed
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city6Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Norvelt

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

Playgrounds in Norvelt

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

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
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Norvelt: April 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)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.712.411.19.99.3
High (°F)384150637380838276655242
Rain (in)3.63.13.84.04.54.84.64.23.93.43.53.8

February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Norvelt →

Next door

Norvelt and its neighbors

Norvelt has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. 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
Norvelt— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Calumet— 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 Norvelt

Is there public land near Norvelt?

3,721 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Norvelt or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Norvelt 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 →