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East Center Street wb, Shavertown, PA, July 2026Photo: 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 4.0
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Outdoors in Shavertown

Few parks or trails are on the map in Shavertown

1 acre is park or preserve, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 1.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
63%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.3 mi paths
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

3 conserved acres

under 1% of Shavertown’s land. Who manages Shavertown’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits3 ac
Not recorded4 ac
Private Conservation · 4 acPrivate Recreation or Education · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Back Mountain Trail
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits6Closed
Biking & sports

0.3 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.3 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out

The best walking months in Shavertown: May to 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)9.510.611.813.314.515.114.913.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)333645596977827972614838
Rain (in)3.12.43.33.83.74.14.04.24.34.23.13.3

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 82 °F). 4.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Shavertown →

Next door

Shavertown and its neighbors

Shavertown 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
Shavertown— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kingston Township12%1.114456%A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Shavertown

Where can I bike in Shavertown?

0.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Shavertown?

19,864 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Shavertown or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Shavertown 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 →