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Ruth Zimmerman Natural Area
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
79 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Alsace
Alsace, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Alsace is conserved land, roughly 242 acres. There are about 60 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Ruth Zimmerman Natural Area (3 mi), Mount Penn Preserve (1.9 mi), and Bob's Woods at Earl Poole Sanctuary (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Alsace, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Alsace outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
242 of 7,749 acres
Trails
60 mi
4.9 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
63 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.3 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
Mount Penn Preserve
Managed by Mount Penn Preserve Partnership Council of Governments
102 acres1.9 mi of trail
VietnamBlue Dot Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
3
Bob's Woods at Earl Poole Sanctuary
Managed by Berks County Parks and Recreation
39 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Antietam Lake Park
Managed by Berks County Parks and Recreation Department
40 acres1.2 mi of trail
Antietam Reservoir Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
242 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 70 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 28 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Alsace and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alsace | 3.1% | 59.5 mi | 6 |
| Muhlenberg | 5.4% | 38.9 mi | 12 |
| Exeter | 11.2% | 127.5 mi | 10 |
| Lower Alsace | 49.3% | 75.0 mi | 6 |
| Oley | 49% | 14.5 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Alsace'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-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.