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Outdoors in Carlisle Township

More than half of Carlisle Township’s land is conserved: 55%

55% of Carlisle Township’s land is conserved, about 12,581 acres. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Carlisle Township, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
55%
12,581 acres · of 36.0 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

12,581 conserved acres

55% of Carlisle Township’s land. Who manages Carlisle Township’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service14,691 ac
State land board805 ac
Conservation Easement · 14,691 acState Resource Management Area · 805 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 11,776 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands
State Resource Management Area
State land board805Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Carlisle Township: August and 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)9.110.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)212639556878838173574026
Rain (in)0.50.60.91.83.23.73.22.52.21.90.70.6

January is the driest month (0.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 3.7 inches fall in June, the wettest month. The climate in Carlisle Township →

Next door

Carlisle Township and its neighbors

Carlisle Township has the second most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Ravinia Township20 miCarlisle Township11 miWestport Township11 miFranklyn Township8.7 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Carlisle Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Franklyn Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Westport Township— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Ravinia Township— 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 Carlisle Township

Is there public land near Carlisle Township?

4,469 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Carlisle Township or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 764 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Carlisle Township neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →