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State Game Lands Number 135
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
2,360 acres5.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Clifton
Clifton, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 41% of Clifton is conserved land, roughly 5,119 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in State Game Lands Number 135 (5.5 mi) and Pinchot State Forest (3.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Clifton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Clifton outdoors
Conserved land
41%
5,119 of 12,611 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
3,932 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Pinchot State Forest
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
1,622 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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State Game Lands Number 312
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
75 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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State Game Lands Number 127
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
5,119 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 736 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 21 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
- Pickleball4
- Basketball2
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Clifton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 40.6% | 16.4 mi | 4 |
| Lehigh | 43% | 5.2 mi | 3 |
| Coolbaugh | 60.8% | 64.6 mi | 11 |
| Thornhurst | 69.4% | 51.5 mi | 5 |
| Covington | 13.8% | 11.0 mi | 7 |
| Spring Brook | 36.3% | 40.3 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Clifton'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 21.4-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.