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Keefer Station Covered BridgeKeefer Station Covered Bridge · Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Upper Augusta Township

Upper Augusta Township has 57 acres of parks, 25 for every 1,000 residents

23% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 4.6 miles of mapped trail cross Upper Augusta Township, 0.2 per square mile of land. 3% of Upper Augusta Township’s land is conserved, about 373 acres.

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
373 acres · of 20.0 sq mi of land
Trails
4.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
57 ac
25 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
23%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
8 boat launches
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Upper Augusta Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Upper Augusta Township is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Upper Augusta Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land25 acres of park per 1,000 residents (57 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home23% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 42%
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Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Upper Augusta Township’s 3% is ahead of 20% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 34% of them.

Water is 13% of Upper Augusta Township’s area (3 of 23 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.

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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Shikellamy State Park

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
50 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

State Game Lands Number 233

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

373 conserved acres

3% of Upper Augusta Township’s land. Water is left out: Upper Augusta Township has 20.0 square miles of land and 3.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Upper Augusta Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources221 ac
State fish & wildlife87 ac
State parks50 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government20 ac
State Resource Management Area · 308 acState Park · 50 acLocal Recreation Area · 18 acLocal Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Weiser State Forest
State Resource Management Area
State natural resources221Open
Shikellamy State Park
State Park
State parks50Open
State Game Land 084
State Resource Management Area
State fish & wildlife44Open
State Game Land 233
State Resource Management Area
State fish & wildlife43Open
Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government18Restricted
Susquehanna Riverfront Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government2Open
Things to do

13 places to go in Upper Augusta Township

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Boat launches in Upper Augusta Township
Shikellamy State Park North Access
Directions
Shikellamy State Park South Access
Directions
Sunbury Access
Directions

Plus 5 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Lake AugustareservoirSusquehanna River
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
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Keefer Station Covered BridgeStructure · listed 1979
About it
Sunbury ArmoryBuilding · listed 1989
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Upper Augusta Township: April 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)9.510.611.813.214.415.114.813.812.411.09.89.2
High (°F)353948617280848275635140
Rain (in)3.02.43.43.73.84.14.23.84.53.93.03.2

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Upper Augusta Township →

Next door

Upper Augusta Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Rockefeller Township9.0 miLower Augusta Township8.6 miRush Township7.2 miUpper Augusta Township4.6 miMonroe Township3.2 miPoint Township1.8 miShamokin Dam1.4 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Upper Augusta Township3%0.22523%C+
Rush Townshipunder 1%0.3under 1under 1%D
Monroe Township4%0.25873%B
Point Township7%0.1429%C
Shamokin Dam20%0.813999%+A+
Rockefeller Townshipunder 1%0.4under 1under 1%D
Lower Augusta Township5%0.525under 1%B−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Upper Augusta Township

How much of Upper Augusta 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.

Are dogs allowed on Upper Augusta Township’s trails?

Shikellamy State Park and State Game Lands Number 233 don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Upper Augusta Township?

13,923 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Upper Augusta Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 360 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Upper Augusta Township have?

Ahead of 42% 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 Upper Augusta Township 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 →