Pinchot State Forest
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
1,220 acres4.5 mi of trail
Balish Spur
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Roaring Brook Township
Roaring Brook Township has 30 miles of mapped trails, 1.4 for every square mile of land
9% of Roaring Brook Township’s land is conserved, about 1,294 acres. The biggest trail networks: Pinchot State Forest (4.5 mi). 73 acres are parks and preserves, 33 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
9%
1,294 acres · of 21.4 sq mi of land
Trails
30 mi
1.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
73 ac
33 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
10%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.6 mi
2.6 mi paths
Highest peak
1,995 ft
Coon Hill
Lakes & rivers
7
What kind of outdoors town is Roaring Brook Township?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Roaring Brook Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Roaring Brook Township is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Roaring Brook Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land9% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%A−Trails1.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (30 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4APark land33 acres of park per 1,000 residents (73 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home10% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 70%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Roaring Brook Township’s 9% is ahead of 55% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 86% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. 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
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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Pinchot State Forest, with 4.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Roaring Brooke Gazebo
Park
2 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
1,294 conserved acres
9% of Roaring Brook Township’s land. Who manages Roaring Brook Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources1,220 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government77 ac
Not recorded1,219 ac
State Resource Management Area · 2,439 acLocal Recreation Area · 77 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinchot State Forest State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,372 | Open |
| Montage Tract State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 1,038 | Open |
| Lackawanna County Trail Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 77 | Open |
| Elmhurst Tract State Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 29 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Roaring Brook Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Roaring Brook Township
Roaring Brooke Twp PlaygroundIn Roaring Brooke Gazebo
DirectionsPeaks in Roaring Brook Township
Coon Hill1,995 ft elevation
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail and 7 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 2.5 miUnpaved · 6.2 mi
Balish Spur0.7 mi
Biking & sports
2.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.6 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out
The best walking months in Roaring Brook Township: May and July to 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 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 31 | 35 | 43 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 36 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.6 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Roaring Brook Township →
Next door
Roaring Brook Township and its neighbors
Roaring Brook Township has the second most mapped trails of the 7 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Scranton48 miRoaring Brook Township30 miJefferson Township23 miDunmore21 miMount Cobb13 miMadison Township6.8 miMoscow1.4 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roaring Brook Township | 9% | 1.4 | 33 | 10% | B+ |
| Jefferson Township | 34% | 0.7 | 25 | 19% | B+ |
| Moscow | 6% | 0.5 | 14 | 89% | B+ |
| Scranton | 22% | 1.9 | 14 | 97% | A |
| Dunmore | 3% | 2.3 | 7 | 91% | B+ |
| Madison Township | 16% | 0.4 | 3 | 3% | C+ |
| Mount Cobb | — 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 Roaring Brook Township
Where can I hike in Roaring Brook Township?
The longest trail networks: Pinchot State Forest, 4.5 miles; Roaring Brooke Gazebo, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Roaring Brook Township is conserved land?
9% 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 Roaring Brook Township’s trails?
Pinchot State Forest and Roaring Brooke Gazebo don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Roaring Brook Township?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Roaring Brook Township?
59,071 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Roaring Brook Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,298 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Roaring Brook Township have?
Ahead of 70% 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 Roaring Brook Township 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 →