Telford Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Telford
5% of Telford’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 36 acres are parks and preserves, 7.4 per 1,000 residents. 5% of Telford’s land is conserved, about 33 acres.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns · #757 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
33 acres · of 1.0 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
36 ac
7.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Telford?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Telford have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Telford is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns, #757 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Telford’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4DPark land7.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (36 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 49%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 27%
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Telford’s 5% is ahead of 36% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Jacob & Mary Stover Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Franconia Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
33 conserved acres
5% of Telford’s land. Who manages Telford’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government17 ac
Not recorded16 ac
Local Park · 23 acLocal Other or Unknown · 8 acLocal Recreation Area · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Township Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 7 | Open |
| Telford Commons Local Park | Not recorded | 7 | Unknown |
| Telford Municipal Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
| Jacob and Mary Stover Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 6 | Open |
| Summit Avenue Playground Local Park | Not recorded | 2 | Open |
| Franconia Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 2 | Open |
| Telford VFW Field Local Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
| Telford Community Building Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
| Municipal Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Telford
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Telford
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Tennis
3Baseball
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Telford: April to June 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) | 39 | 42 | 51 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 65 | 54 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 5.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Telford →
Next door
Telford and its neighbors
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West Rockhill Township3.1 miFranconia Township1.9 miHilltown Township1.3 miSouderton0.5 miTelford0.0 mi
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | 5% | under 0.1 | 7 | 99%+ | B− |
| West Rockhill Township | 17% | 0.2 | 81 | 72% | A− |
| Franconia Township | 16% | 0.1 | 26 | 91% | A− |
| Hilltown Township | 13% | under 0.1 | 37 | 77% | B+ |
| Souderton | 4% | 0.4 | 5 | 99%+ | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Telford
How much of Telford is conserved land?
5% 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 Telford’s trails?
Telford Park and Jacob & Mary Stover Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Telford?
23,701 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Telford or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 36 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Telford have?
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #757 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. 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 Telford 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 →