Outdoors · Heath

Heath, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 62% of Heath is conserved land, roughly 11,027 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Clear Creek State Forest (31.1 mi) and Clear Creek State Park (9.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Heath outdoors

Conserved land
62%
11,027 of 17,819 acres
Trails
41 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 41 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
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

123
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

Clear Creek State Forest

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
6,495 acres31.1 mi of trail
Clear Creek TrailTrap Run TrailSilvis TrailBeartown Rocks TrailPine Run Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Clear Creek State Park

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
848 acres9.7 mi of trail
Phyllis Run TrailRidge TrailClear Creek TrailFrazier TrailZerby Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3

State Game Lands Number 54

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
3,200 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.
Peaks in Heath
Edeburn Hill1,880 ft elevation · In Clear Creek State Forest
Directions
Beartown Rocks1,841 ft elevation · In Clear Creek State Forest
Directions
Dutch Hill1,650 ft elevation
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 2.1 miHorses 10.5 miUnpaved 3.2 mi
Showing 1–10 of 21 trails
  • Clear Creek Trail4.2 mi
  • Trap Run Trail2.5 mi
  • Silvis Trail2.3 mi
  • Beartown Rocks Trail1.8 mi
  • Pine Run Loop Trail1.7 mi
  • Phyllis Run Trail1.5 mi
  • Laurel Trail1.4 mi
  • Ridge Trail1.1 mi
  • Frazier Trail0.8 mi
  • Rocky Trail0.8 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

11,027 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
6,498 ac
State fish & wildlife
3,201 ac
State parks
845 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
505 ac
U.S. Forest Service
1 ac
Not recorded
965 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Heath

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 9,699 acPrivate Conservation 1,469 acState Park 845 acNational Forest 1 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Clear Creek State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources6,498Open
State Game Land 054State Resource Management AreaState fish & wildlife3,201Open
Dutch Hill ForestPrivate ConservationNot recorded1,469Open
Clear Creek State ParkState ParkState parks845Open
Allegheny National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service1Open
Nearby

Heath and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Heath61.9%41.4 mi3
Millstone80.1%11.0 mi2
Polk52.8%9.6 mi2
Warsaw2.9%12.9 mi2
Barnett38.4%16.6 mi4
Eldred8.5%9.2 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Heath'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-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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