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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Wesleyville

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Wesleyville

Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 4.2 per 1,000 residents. 4% of Wesleyville’s land is conserved, about 15 acres.

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns · #832 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. What drives it

Conserved land
4%
15 acres · of 0.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
4.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1

What kind of outdoors town is Wesleyville?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Wesleyville have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wesleyville is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns, #832 of 1,037 in Pennsylvania. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wesleyville’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 42%
LessMore
Pennsylvania towns of 2,500+ (1,037)Ahead of 20%

Pennsylvania towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 8%; the U.S., 4%), so Wesleyville’s 4% is ahead of 30% 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

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

12
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.

Emory Red Hinkler Park

Managed by Wesleyville Borough
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Wesleyville Memorial Park

Managed by Wesleyville Borough
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

15 conserved acres

4% of Wesleyville’s land. Who manages Wesleyville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other or Unknown Local Government12 ac
State fish & wildlife4 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits2 ac
Not recorded2 ac
Local Park · 12 acPrivate Conservation · 4 acRecreation or Education Easement · 2 acConservation Easement · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Emory Red Hinkler Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government7Open
North Street Memorial Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government5Open
Water Street Access Area
Private Conservation
Not recorded4Open
Things to do

5 places to go in Wesleyville

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

Community gardens in Wesleyville
Wesleyville Community GardenBorough of Wesleyville
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
4Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Wesleyville: May to September

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)9.410.511.813.314.615.215.013.912.411.09.79.1
High (°F)343644566877807973614939
Rain (in)3.42.42.93.53.63.83.93.64.24.43.83.7

February is the driest month (2.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 80 °F). 4.4 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Wesleyville →

Next door

Wesleyville and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Wesleyville4%under 0.1499%+C+
Northwest Harborcreek— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Harborcreek Township10%0.37858%B+
Erie3%0.7598%B
Lawrence Park Township4%0.41399%+B+

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

Questions about parks and trails in Wesleyville

How much of Wesleyville is conserved land?

4% 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 Wesleyville’s trails?

Emory Red Hinkler Park and Wesleyville Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Wesleyville?

8,496 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wesleyville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Wesleyville have?

Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #832 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 Wesleyville 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 →