Speers Community Park
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Speers
Speers has 11 acres of parks, 9.7 for every 1,000 residents
0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Speers, 0.7 per square mile of land. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Speers’ land is conserved, about 11 acres.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
11 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
11 ac
9.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
79%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Speers have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Speers is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Speers’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land9.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (11 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home79% 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 57%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Speers’ 2% is ahead of 13% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
Water is 11% of Speers’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Speers. 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 B− 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
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 Speers Community Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
11 conserved acres
2% of Speers’ land. Water is left out: Speers has 1.0 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Speers’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government11 ac
County4 ac
State fish & wildlife1 ac
Local Park · 15 acState Other or Unknown · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speers Community Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 15 | Open |
| Speers Access State Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 1 | Open |
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Speers: 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.
| 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 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 41 | 50 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 4.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Speers →
Next door
Speers and its neighbors
Speers has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speers | 2% | 0.7 | 10 | 79% | B |
| Rostraver Township | 3% | 0.4 | 57 | 50% | B |
| Charleroi | 4% | under 0.1 | 5 | 99%+ | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Speers
Where can I hike in Speers?
The longest trail networks: Speers Community Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Speers is conserved land?
2% 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 Speers’ trails?
Speers Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Speers?
8,659 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Speers or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Speers have?
Ahead of 57% 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 Speers 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 →