Outdoors · Jacobus
Share Jacobus, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.1% of Jacobus is conserved land, roughly 30 acres. There are about 2.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Richard M. Nixon County Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jacobus, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
5.1%
30 of 594 acres
Trails
2.0 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
14 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Jacobus Community Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 1 2 3 4
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Richard M. Nixon County Park Nature preserve
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Old Field Hollow Creek Greenway Trail Wetland Trail Dragonfly Loop Springhouse Hollow
🐕 No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
2 Jacobus Community Park Park
7 acres0.2 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 acres0.2 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 William H. Kain County Park Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Boathouse Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Jacobus Show all on map
🛝 Unnamed playground in Jacobus Community Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.8 mi
Old Field 0.2 mi Hollow Creek Greenway Trail 0.2 mi Wetland Trail 0.1 mi Dragonfly Loop 0.1 mi Saralee's Path 0.1 mi Boathouse Trail 0.1 mi Who protects the land
30 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government
30 ac Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.0 mi Off-road bike paths 0.0 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 2 Baseball 1 Basketball 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Jacobus
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 23 ac Local Recreation Area 7 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Richard M. Nixon Park Local Park Other or Unknown Local Government 14 Open Jacobus Borough Recreation Area Local Recreation Area Other or Unknown Local Government 7 Open Jacobus Nature Park Local Park Other or Unknown Local Government 7 Open William H. Kain Park Local Park Other or Unknown Local Government 2 Open
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jacobus'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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