Photo: Jz7641 · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Versailles
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Versailles?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Versailles have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Versailles is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Versailles’ under 1% is ahead of 2% of Pennsylvania towns, while its trails per square mile lead 3% of them.
Water is 11% of Versailles’ area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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1 lakes & rivers
0.5 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Versailles: 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 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| High (°F) | 38 | 42 | 51 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 53 | 42 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Versailles →
Versailles and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versailles | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 99%+ | C− |
| McKeesport | 5% | 0.7 | 10 | 94% | B+ |
| Elizabeth Township | 13% | 0.9 | 112 | 77% | A |
| Lincoln | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Versailles
How much of Versailles 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.
Where can I bike in Versailles?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Versailles?
12,409 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Versailles or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Versailles have?
Ahead of 23% 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 Versailles 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 →