1
Moshannon State Forest
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
4,354 acres5.8 mi of trail
Quehanna Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
Outdoors · Jay
Jay, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 39% of Jay is conserved land, roughly 16,936 acres. There are about 38 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Moshannon State Forest (5.8 mi) and Hemlock Ave Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jay, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jay outdoors
Conserved land
39%
16,936 of 43,230 acres
Trails
38 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
8,306 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
Hemlock Ave Park
Park
5 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Elk State Forest
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
3,068 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
State Game Lands Number 34
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
669 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 Jay
Gray Hill1,834 ft elevation
Red Hill1,640 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 5.4 mi
- Quehanna Trail4.7 mi
- Shawmut Grade3.5 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
16,936 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7,239 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 23 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
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Jay
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Conservation Easement 20,095 acState Resource Management Area 8,298 acPrivate Conservation 2,708 acUnknown Easement 787 acPrivate Other or Unknown 38 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moshannon State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 4,355 | Open |
| Elk State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 3,087 | Open |
| Bennet Branch ForestPrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 2,708 | Open |
| State Game Land 034State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 661 | Open |
| State Game Land 311State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 196 | Open |
| Elk Timberlands - Trout Run SouthPrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 38 | Access unknown |
| Spruce Street Recreational ParkLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 6 | Open |
| Bennetts Valley ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 4 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Park | Not recorded | 3 | Open |
| Thurisaz FieldLocal Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
The CrossMonument
Denison CemeteryCemetery
Gray CemeteryCemetery
Mt ZionCemetery
Nearby
Jay and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jay'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 27.4-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.