Troy Public High School · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Few parks or trails are on the map in Troy
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Troy have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Troy is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Troy’s under 1% is ahead of 0% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% 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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2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Troy: 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.
| 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 | 47 | 37 |
| Rain (in) | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
February is the driest month (2.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 81 °F). 4.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Troy →
Questions about parks and trails in Troy
How much of Troy is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Troy?
15,386 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Troy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Troy have?
Ahead of 3% 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 Troy 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 →