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Lancaster County Central Park
Managed by Lancaster County
220 acres2.6 mi of trail
CVA TrailScout TrailKinglet TrailEquestrian Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lancaster
Lancaster, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Lancaster is conserved land, roughly 535 acres. There are about 9.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lancaster County Central Park (2.6 mi), Williamson Area (2.1 mi), and Kiwanis Natural Area (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lancaster, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lancaster outdoors
Conserved land
11%
535 of 4,677 acres
Trails
9.4 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.8 mi
6.9 mi lanes · 0.7 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.
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Williamson Area
Managed by Lancaster County Central Park
67 acres2.1 mi of trail
CVA TrailEquestrian TrailConestoga TrailScout Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Kiwanis Natural Area
Managed by Lancaster County Central Park
60 acres1.8 mi of trail
Mill Creek TrailWildflower Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Conestoga Pines Park
Park
42 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 22 parks & preserves
Lancaster County Central Park220 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Lancaster County
Williamson Area67 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · Lancaster County Central Park
Kiwanis Natural Area60 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Lancaster County Central Park
Conestoga Pines Park42 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Sixth Ward Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Musser Park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Crystal Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Long's Park71 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Reservoir Park11 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Holly Pointe Park10 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · City of Lancaster
Who protects the land
535 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 30 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes6.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes7.2 mi
- Lancaster County Central Park (bike route)2.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis21
- Basketball17
- Baseball8
- Soccer6
- Football5
- Beach volleyball2
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lancaster and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 11.4% | 9.4 mi | 22 |
| Manheim | 7.4% | 15.4 mi | 13 |
| West Lampeter | 27.9% | 16.3 mi | 8 |
| Lancaster | 4.8% | 3.4 mi | 8 |
| East Lampeter | 12.1% | 4.5 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lancaster'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.