1
Hershey Gardens
Park
40 acres1.8 mi of trail
Arboretum Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Hershey
Hershey, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 1% of Hershey is conserved land, roughly 94 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hershey Gardens (1.8 mi) and Alumni Memorial Grove Park (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Hershey, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Hershey outdoors
Conserved land
1%
94 of 9,174 acres
Trails
25 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
8
7 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.0 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.
2
Alumni Memorial Grove Park
Park
21 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Founder's Park
Park
36 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Brookside Park
Park
9 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.
Playgrounds in Hershey
Showing 1–10 of 15 playgrounds
Cocoa Castle
The Children's GardenIn Hershey Gardens
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Chocolate Town Square
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Founder's Park
Unnamed playground in Founder's Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 12.4 miHorses 0.6 miUnpaved 1.0 mi
Showing 1–10 of 13 trails
- Horse-Shoe Trail2.7 mi
- W32.2 mi
- Parkview XC Course2.1 mi
- E11.7 mi
- E31.4 mi
- W11.1 mi
- W41.0 mi
- E40.7 mi
- E50.7 mi
- West End Connector0.6 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
94 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 9 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 paths7.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis29
- Basketball21
- Baseball14
- Soccer14
- Football5
- Multi-sport3
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Hershey
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 81 acAgricultural Easement 17 acLocal Other or Unknown 4 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founders ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 41 | Open |
| Cocoa CastleLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 18 | Open |
| Brookside ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 11 | Open |
| Boathouse ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
| Fema Flood Buyout (County Or Municipal Owned)Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 4 | Open |
| Koons ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Die Berge Kirche (The Hill Church)Church
Michael Horrocks 9/11 MemorialMemorial
Broadview CemeteryCemetery
Derry Presbyterian Church CemeteryCemetery
Hershey CemeteryCemetery
Spring Creek CemeteryCemetery
St. Paul CemetaryCemetery
Nearby
Hershey and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hershey | 1% | 24.6 mi | 8 |
| Derry | 2.2% | 29.1 mi | 13 |
| Palmdale | 1% | 1.6 mi | 1 |
| East Hanover | 20.7% | 19.3 mi | 3 |
| South Hanover | 2.7% | 5.5 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Hershey'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.