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State Game Lands Number 197
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
1,551 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Columbus
Columbus, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Columbus is conserved land, roughly 2,888 acres. There are about 1.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Columbus, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Columbus outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,888 of 25,828 acres
Trails
1.5 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
4
1,514 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.
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State Game Lands Number 306
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
822 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
State Game Lands Number 263
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
86 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Mather Park
Managed by Columbus Township
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Columbus
Baker Hill1,877 ft elevation
Humphrey Hill1,752 ft elevation
Ingersol Hill1,749 ft elevation
Dowd Hill1,732 ft elevation · In State Game Lands Number 263
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,888 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 303 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 20 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
- Baseball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Columbus
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 2,479 acConservation Easement 540 acPrivate Conservation 183 acAgricultural Easement 167 acLocal Park 10 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Game Land 197State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,543 | Open |
| State Game Land 306State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 849 | Open |
| Toplovich BogPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 183 | Access unknown |
| State Game Land 263State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 87 | Open |
| Mather ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 10 | Open |
| Columbus AccessState Other or Unknown | State fish & wildlife | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Curtis CemeteryCemetery
Westlawn CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Columbus and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 11.2% | 1.5 mi | 4 |
| Spring Creek | 4.7% | 4.3 mi | 2 |
| Freehold | 1.1% | 2.4 mi | 1 |
| Wayne | 11.5% | 6.7 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Columbus'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 21.5-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.