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Sand Island Park
Managed by City of Bethlehem
11 acres1.1 mi of trail
Sand Island TrailLehigh Canal Towpath Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Bethlehem
Bethlehem, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.2% of Bethlehem is conserved land, roughly 646 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sand Island Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bethlehem, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bethlehem outdoors
Conserved land
5.2%
646 of 12,381 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
39
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.4 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
Saucon Park
Park
99 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Monocacy Park Complex
Managed by City of Bethlehem
57 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hal Fenicle Memorial Park
Managed by City of Bethlehem
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 39 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 39 parks & preserves
Sand Island Park11 acres · 1.1 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Saucon Park99 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Monocacy Park Complex57 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
West Side Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Illick's Mill Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Bethlehem Rose Garden9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Northdale Park7 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Johnston Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Jenkins Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Hal Fenicle Memorial Park22 acres · City of Bethlehem
Who protects the land
646 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 54 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 paths2.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.5 mi
- 9/11 National Memorial Trail (Pennsylvania thru route) (bike route)4.1 mi
- D&L Trail (bike route)4.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis47
- Baseball33
- Basketball31
- Soccer11
- Tracks9
- Softball7
- Football5
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 | 5.2% | 17.8 mi | 39 |
| Hanover | 4.9% | 3.2 mi | 13 |
| Lower Saucon | 10% | 16.4 mi | 10 |
| Hellertown | 12.2% | 1.8 mi | 5 |
| Hanover | 1.3% | 1.5 mi | 3 |
| Bethlehem | 4.9% | 13.9 mi | 17 |
| Freemansburg | 6.3% | 2.6 mi | 2 |
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 21.3-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.