1
South Mountain Reservoir Park
Managed by City of Allentown
99 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Allentown
Allentown, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Allentown is conserved land, roughly 1,505 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in South Mountain Reservoir Park (2.5 mi), Cedar Creek Parkway (2 mi), and Lehigh Parkway (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Allentown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Allentown outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,505 of 11,461 acres
Trails
17 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
37
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
22.4 mi
0.9 mi lanes · 11.3 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Cedar Creek Parkway
Managed by City of Allentown
112 acres2 mi of trail
Cedar Creek PathYouth Exercise Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lehigh Parkway
Managed by City of Allentown
344 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Robert Rodale Reserve
Nature preserve
56 acres1.2 mi of trail
Water Towers Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
5
Trout Creek Park
Managed by City of Allentown
62 acres0.8 mi of trail
Trout Creek Parkway
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Canal Park
Managed by City of Allentown - Parks & Recreation
24 acres0.8 mi of trail
D&L Trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
West Park
Park
6 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Percy Ruhe Park
Managed by City of Allentown
27 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 37 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 37 parks & preserves
South Mountain Reservoir Park99 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · City of Allentown
Cedar Creek Parkway112 acres · 2 mi of trail · City of Allentown
Lehigh Parkway344 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · City of Allentown
Robert Rodale Reserve56 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Trout Creek Park62 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of Allentown
Canal Park24 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · City of Allentown - Parks & Recreation
West Park6 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Percy Ruhe Park27 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Allentown
Bucky Boyle Park9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Allentown
Keck Park30 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Allentown - Parks & Recreation
Who protects the land
1,505 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 57 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths11.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes10.2 mi
- D&L Trail (bike route)2.4 mi
- 9/11 National Memorial Trail (Pennsylvania thru route) (bike route)1.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball37
- Baseball36
- Tennis32
- Football10
- Soccer7
- Softball6
- Tracks5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Allentown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Allentown's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20.3-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.