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State Game Lands Number 38
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
3,342 acres19.4 mi of trail
South Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Jackson
Jackson, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 38% of Jackson is conserved land, roughly 7,204 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in State Game Lands Number 38 (19.4 mi), Sherwood Forest (5 mi), and Big Pocono State Park (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jackson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jackson outdoors
Conserved land
38%
7,204 of 19,024 acres
Trails
32 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
1,103 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.
2
Sherwood Forest
Nature preserve
308 acres5 mi of trail
Scenic Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Big Pocono State Park
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
768 acres2 mi of trail
South TrailVista TrailScout Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Bethlehem Authority Tunkhannock
Nature preserve
234 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Conklin Park
Nature preserve
152 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
The Big Woods Natural Area
Managed by Chestnuthill Township
57 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
State Game Lands Number 383,342 acres · 19.4 mi of trail · Pennsylvania Game Commission
Sherwood Forest308 acres · 5 mi of trail
Big Pocono State Park768 acres · 2 mi of trail · Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
Bethlehem Authority Tunkhannock234 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
Conklin Park152 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
The Big Woods Natural Area57 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Chestnuthill Township
State Game Lands Number 186960 acres · Pennsylvania Game Commission
Hamilton Jackson Pocono Park119 acres
Jackson Township Park8 acres
Who protects the land
7,204 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,327 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 84 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
- Tennis7
- Basketball3
- Baseball3
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Jackson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 37.9% | 31.9 mi | 9 |
| Hamilton | 25.4% | 9.2 mi | 4 |
| Pocono | 10.5% | 15.2 mi | 8 |
| Chestnuthill | 20.2% | 26.1 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jackson'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 25.5-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.