Crichton McCormick Park
Park
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Portage Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainB−Outdoors
Outdoors in Portage
11% of Portage’s land is conserved: 45 acres
48 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents. 59% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
11%
45 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
48 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
59%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Portage?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Portage have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Portage is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Portage’s overall grade.
Conserved land11% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (48 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13BParks close to home59% 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 47%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Portage’s 11% is ahead of 61% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Portage. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
45 conserved acres
11% of Portage’s land. Who manages Portage’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government45 ac
Local Park · 45 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crichton McCormick Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 45 | Open |
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Portage Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1995
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Portage: 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 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 34 | 38 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 39 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.2 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Portage →
Questions about parks and trails in Portage
How much of Portage is conserved land?
11% 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 Portage’s trails?
Crichton McCormick Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Portage?
32,957 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Portage or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 48 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Portage have?
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Portage 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 →