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Raccoon Creek State Park
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
7,097 acres42.5 mi of trail
Heritage Trail [Blue]Forest Trail [White]Appaloosa Trail [Yellow]Ski trailLake Trail [Blue]
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Hanover
Hanover, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 26% of Hanover is conserved land, roughly 7,369 acres. There are about 46 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Raccoon Creek State Park (42.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hanover, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hanover outdoors
Conserved land
26%
7,369 of 28,661 acres
Trails
46 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 43 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
2,224 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 189
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
53 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Hanover
Pioneer Backpacking SitesIn Raccoon Creek State Park
Pioneer Group SitesIn Raccoon Creek State Park
Unnamed campground in Raccoon Creek State Park
Unnamed campground in Raccoon Creek State Park
Unnamed campground in Raccoon Creek State Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 1.9 miHorses 9.1 miUnpaved 29.0 mi
Showing 1–10 of 24 trails
- Heritage Trail [Blue]9.4 mi
- Forest Trail [White]6.1 mi
- Appaloosa Trail [Yellow]3.0 mi
- Ski trail2.7 mi
- Lake Trail [Blue]1.9 mi
- Pinto Loop Trail [Yellow]1.9 mi
- X-C Ski Trail [White]1.4 mi
- Camp Trail [White]1.4 mi
- Buckskin Trail [Yellow]1.2 mi
- Valley Trail [Red]1.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
7,369 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 173 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 9 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
- Baseball4
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Hanover
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 7,201 acAgricultural Easement 691 acState Resource Management Area 58 acLocal Recreation Area 15 acLocal Park 10 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Creek State ParkState Park | State parks | 7,201 | Open |
| State Game Land 189State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 58 | Open |
| Ballfield ComplexLocal Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 15 | Open |
| Hanover Township BallfieldsLocal Park | Not recorded | 10 | Access unknown |
History
Historic places to visit
Bethel CemeteryCemetery
Hanover CemeteryCemetery
Mount Olivet CemeteryCemetery
Tomlinson Run United Presbyterian CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Hanover and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hanover'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 22.1-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.