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Outdoors in Pennsboro

Few parks or trails are on the map in Pennsboro

4 acres are parks and preserves, 2.7 per 1,000 residents. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Pennsboro, 0.6 per square mile of land. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
4 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
2.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
67%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

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

4 conserved acres

under 1% of Pennsboro’s land. Who manages Pennsboro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Private owners4 ac
Not recorded4 ac
Local Park · 4 acLocal Recreation Area · 4 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Myles Stadium
Local Park
Not recorded4Open
Pennsboro Athletic Fields
Local Recreation Area
Private owners4Open
Trails & water

2 named trails

Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.5 miHorses · 1.5 miUnpaved · 1.5 mi
North Bend Rail Trail1.4 mi
Pennsboro (Calhoun's) Tunnel #70.1 mi
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.

North Bend Rail TrailBike route
1.5 mi
Courts & fields
3Baseball
2Tennis
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 →
Old Stone HouseBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Pennsboro B&O DepotBuilding · listed 2007
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Pennsboro: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.914.713.712.411.110.09.4
High (°F)404454677582858478675545
Rain (in)3.73.44.14.14.85.05.14.13.63.23.13.7

November is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. The climate in Pennsboro →

Questions about parks and trails in Pennsboro

Is there public land near Pennsboro?

6,290 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pennsboro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 4 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pennsboro 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 →