Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Rush Township has 6.5 miles of mapped trails, 0.2 for every square mile of land
7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 11 acres are parks and preserves, 9.4 per 1,000 residents. 3% of Rush Township’s land is conserved, about 653 acres.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Rush Township have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rush Township is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Rush Township’s 3% is ahead of 18% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 28% 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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653 conserved acres
3% of Rush Township’s land. Who manages Rush Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis & Victoria Larue Private Agricultural | Not recorded | 329 | Closed |
| Kevin Stockholm Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 311 | Closed |
| LaRue Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 11 | Open |
2 places to go in Rush Township
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
4 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 Rush 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 9.2 |
| High (°F) | 32 | 35 | 44 | 57 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.5 inches fall in August, the wettest month. The climate in Rush Township →
Rush Township and its neighbors
Rush Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Township | 3% | 0.2 | 9 | 7% | C |
| Jessup Township | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
| Auburn Township | 4% | 0.2 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Forest Lake Township | under 1% | 0.2 | 7 | 6% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Rush Township
How much of Rush Township is conserved land?
3% 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 Rush Township?
2,789 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rush Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Rush Township have?
Ahead of 26% 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 Rush 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 →