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Bethlehem Township Municipal Park
Managed by Bethlehem Township
73 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.9% of Bethlehem is conserved land, roughly 453 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bethlehem Township Municipal Park (2 mi), Louise W. Moore Park (1.8 mi), and Janet Johnston Housenick and William D. Housenick Memorial Park (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bethlehem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bethlehem outdoors
Conserved land
4.9%
453 of 9,288 acres
Trails
14 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.0 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 3.4 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
Louise W. Moore Park
Managed by Northampton County
61 acres1.8 mi of trail
Jogging TrailMatson's Woods Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Janet Johnston Housenick and William D. Housenick Memorial Park
Managed by Bethlehem Township
53 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Archibald Johnston Conservation Area
Managed by Northampton County
37 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 17 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 17 parks & preserves
Bethlehem Township Municipal Park73 acres · 2 mi of trail · Bethlehem Township
Louise W. Moore Park61 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Northampton County
Janet Johnston Housenick and William D. Housenick Memorial Park53 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Bethlehem Township
Municipal Building Open Space8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Bethlehem Township
Archibald Johnston Conservation Area37 acres · Northampton County
Monocacy Meadow9 acres · Northampton County
Arnold Property Open Space9 acres
Anthony Court Open Space6 acres
Freeman's Island4 acres · Wildlands Conservancy
The Vineyards Open Space4 acres
Who protects the land
453 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 83 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 32 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
- 9/11 National Memorial Trail (Pennsylvania thru route) (bike route)2.9 mi
- D&L Trail (bike route)2.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis34
- Soccer19
- Baseball17
- Basketball13
- Tracks5
- Beach volleyball3
- Pickleball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Bethlehem and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | 4.9% | 13.9 mi | 17 |
| Freemansburg | 6.3% | 2.6 mi | 2 |
| Bethlehem | 5.2% | 17.8 mi | 39 |
| Lower Saucon | 10% | 16.4 mi | 10 |
| Lower Nazareth | 11.5% | 4.0 mi | 6 |
| Palmer | 5.8% | 2.4 mi | 19 |
| Easton | 16.5% | 5.7 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bethlehem'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.