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Outdoors in Upper Salford Township

Upper Salford Township has 441 acres of parks, 139 for every 1,000 residents

13% of Upper Salford Township’s land is conserved, about 746 acres. 94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6.0 miles of mapped trail cross Upper Salford Township, 0.7 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns · #84 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
13%
746 acres · of 8.9 sq mi of land
Trails
6.0 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
441 ac
139 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
8.9 mi
8.9 mi paths
Highest peak
495 ft
Spring Mountain
Lakes & rivers
2

What kind of outdoors town is Upper Salford Township?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Room to roam139 acres of park per 1,000 residents; the typical U.S. town has 13.Land that stays wild13% of the land is conserved; a typical Pennsylvania town, 8%.Parks close to home94% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Upper Salford Township have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Upper Salford Township is ahead of 93% of U.S. towns, #84 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; park acres per resident rank highest, trail miles lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Upper Salford Township’s overall grade.
Conserved land13% of the land · typical PA town 8% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · PA 0.4 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land139 acres of park per 1,000 residents (441 acres) · PA 14 · U.S. 13AParks close to home94% of residents within a half mile of a park · PA 73% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 93%
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Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 92%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Upper Salford Township’s 13% is ahead of 67% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 66% of them.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A to A+. 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.

Upper Salford Park

Park
71 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Central Perkiomen Valley

Park
49 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailhead

Fulshaw Craeg Preserve

Managed by Natural Lands
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Rahmer Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailhead
Who protects it

746 conserved acres

13% of Upper Salford Township’s land. Who manages Upper Salford Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Land trusts & nonprofits826 ac
County474 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government431 ac
Joint187 ac
Town or city121 ac
Not recorded163 ac
Agricultural Easement · 588 acLocal Park · 533 acForest Stewardship Easement · 389 acConservation Easement · 295 acLocal Other or Unknown · 171 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 219 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 60 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Perkiomen Township Park
Local Park
Town or city121Open
Spring Mount Ski Area
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government120Open
Spring Mountain
Local Other or Unknown
County112Open
Central Perkiomen Valley Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government86Open
Upper Salford Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government81Open
Rogers-Hiester Open Space
Local Recreation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government64Open
Rahmer Park
Local Park
Not recorded57Open
Central Perkiomen Valley
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded33Unknown
Spring Mountain Preserve
Local Conservation Area
Other or Unknown Local Government32Open
William Rahmer Memorial Park
Local Park
Not recorded31Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

4 places to go in Upper Salford Township

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

Scenic views in Upper Salford Township
Spring Mounatin Ski Area
Directions
Trails & water

12 named trails and 2 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 1.6 mi
Lower Loop0.8 mi
Goat Hill0.6 mi
Area 510.5 mi
Copperhead Canyon0.3 mi
Backside Downhill0.3 mi
Abe Pool Highway0.2 mi
Jaws0.2 mi
Diagon Alley0.2 mi
Camping Path0.1 mi
Park Place0.1 mi
2 more trails
Log Line
0.1 mi
Aurora Alley
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Perkiomen CreekUnami Creek
Biking & sports

8.9 miles of bike routes

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

8.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Tennis
2Baseball
1Softball
1Beach volleyball

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 →
Bergy Bridge Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1973
About it
Kutztown Silk MillBuilding · listed 2025
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Upper Salford Township: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.610.611.813.214.415.014.813.812.411.09.99.3
High (°F)394251647482878578665444
Rain (in)3.32.84.03.83.94.35.04.44.84.13.34.2

February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 5.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Upper Salford Township →

Next door

Upper Salford Township and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Lower Salford Township10 miMarlborough Township8.2 miUpper Salford Township6.0 miLower Frederick Township4.9 miSalford Township3.9 miFranconia Township1.9 miPerkiomen Township0.9 miWoxall0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Upper Salford Township13%0.713994%A
Lower Frederick Township13%0.66086%A
Woxall— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Salford Township20%0.46575%A−
Lower Salford Township18%0.75799%A
Marlborough Township27%0.719782%A
Franconia Township16%0.12691%A−
Perkiomen Township20%0.25499%+A

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

Questions about parks and trails in Upper Salford Township

How much of Upper Salford Township is conserved land?

13% 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 Salford Township’s trails?

Upper Salford Park and Central Perkiomen Valley don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Upper Salford Township?

8.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 8.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Upper Salford Township?

25,222 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Upper Salford Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 441 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Upper Salford Township have?

Ahead of 93% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #84 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 Upper Salford 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 →