Outdoors · Cooke

Cooke, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 94% of Cooke is conserved land, roughly 11,914 acres. There are about 87 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Michaux State Forest (78.9 mi), Pine Grove Furnace State Park (7.4 mi), and Tumbling Run Game Preserve (0.7 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cooke, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Cooke outdoors

Conserved land
94%
11,914 of 12,642 acres
Trails
87 mi
4.4 mi per sq mi · 87 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
9.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 9.6 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

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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.
1

Michaux State Forest

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
10,936 acres78.9 mi of trail
Appalachian National Scenic TrailLog Sled ATV Trail (Easy)1100 Block TrailBuck Ridge TrailCommunity Service Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo Birch Tree Parking Website
2

Pine Grove Furnace State Park

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
658 acres7.4 mi of trail
Mountain Creek TrailKoppenhaver TrailCreek TrailHiker Biker TrailCommunity Service Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Tumbling Run Game Preserve

Nature preserve
142 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4

Kings Gap Environmental Education Center

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
99 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Cooke
Birch Tree - Michaux Campsite #4Fee · In Michaux State Forest · Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Directions
Charcoal Hearth CampgroundIn Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Directions
Iron Workers Organized Group CampIn Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Directions
Pitch Pine - Michaux Campsite #6Fee · In Michaux State Forest · Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Directions
Sawmill - Michaux Campsite #5Fee · In Michaux State Forest · Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Directions
Woodrow Campsite - Michaux Campsite #7Fee · In Michaux State Forest · Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 49.2 miHorses 5.4 miUnpaved 53.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail5.8 mi
  • Log Sled ATV Trail (Easy)2.8 mi
  • 1100 Block Trail2.5 mi
  • Buck Ridge Trail2.3 mi
  • Community Service Trail2.2 mi
  • Slate Quarry Road ATV Trail (Easy)1.8 mi
  • Gillyweed1.5 mi
  • Mountain Creek Trail1.3 mi
  • Traverse Trail1.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ridge1.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

11,914 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
10,974 ac
State parks
790 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
28 ac
Not recorded
11,226 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 10 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 paths9.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Cooke

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 21,912 acState Park 813 acPrivate Conservation 106 acState Other or Unknown 97 acPrivate Other or Unknown 78 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Michaux State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources21,912Open
Pine Grove Furnace State ParkState ParkState parks719Open
Kings Gap Environmental Education CenterState Other or UnknownState parks110Open
Tumpling Run Game PreservePrivate ConservationNot recorded106Restricted
Kings Gap State ParkState ParkNot recorded94Access unknown
South MountainPrivate Other or UnknownLand trusts & nonprofits78Closed
History

Historic places to visit

BrickyardIn Pine Grove Furnace State Park · Ruins
Camp MichauxIn Michaux State Forest · Fort
Iron FurnaceIn Pine Grove Furnace State Park · Ruins
Pine Grove CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Cooke and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Cooke94.2%87.1 mi4
South Newton29.2%10.2 mi2
Penn32.1%4.1 mi4
Dickinson39.6%53.9 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Cooke'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.

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