Outdoors · Cornwall

Cornwall, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 16% of Cornwall is conserved land, roughly 1,017 acres. There are about 5.3 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Cornwall outdoors

Conserved land
16%
1,017 of 6,210 acres
Trails
5.3 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
220 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.3 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.3 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.
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State Game Lands Number 156

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
666 acres0.1 mi of trail
Iron Alley
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.
Playgrounds in Cornwall
Corwall
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 2.0 miHorses 2.3 miUnpaved 2.7 mi
  • Horse-Shoe Trail2.3 mi
  • Iron Alley0.4 mi
  • Old Route 720.2 mi
  • Old Horse-Shoe Trail0.1 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

1,017 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
806 ac
State fish & wildlife
668 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
232 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
42 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
38 ac
Other state land
5 ac
Town or city
5 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 286 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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 paths3.3 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball2
  • Tennis2
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Cornwall

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 953 acState Resource Management Area 668 acConservation Easement 89 acForest Stewardship Easement 38 acLocal Recreation Area 32 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State Game Land 156State Resource Management AreaState fish & wildlife668Open
Borough Of CornwallLocal ParkNot recorded19Open
Richland Borough Open SpaceLocal Recreation AreaOther or Unknown Local Government18Closed
Miners Village FieldLocal Recreation AreaOther or Unknown Local Government7Open
Cornwall Iron FurnaceState Historic or Cultural AreaOther state land5Open
Unknown ParkLocal ParkTown or city5Open
Harold Basehore Memorial FieldLocal Recreation AreaOther or Unknown Local Government4Open
Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail - Phase 4Local Recreation AreaCounty3Open
Rexmont Fire Company PlaygroundLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government3Open
Cornwall Borough Municipal ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government3Open
History

Historic places to visit

Cornwall Hall & StableArchaeological site
Cornwall Iron Furnace 1742 - 1883Archaeological site
Cornwall Open Pit MineArchaeological site
Cornwall CemeteryCemetery
Holy Savior CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Cornwall and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Cornwall16.4%5.3 mi1
West Cornwall20.6%26.9 mi5
South Lebanon32.5%6.6 mi5
North Cornwall20.4%4.2 mi2
Penn35.9%20.7 mi8
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Cornwall'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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