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Sandra Yerger Community Recreation Area and Nature Preserve
Managed by Lower Saucon Township
147 acres3.4 mi of trail
Outer TrailInner Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Lower Saucon
Lower Saucon, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Lower Saucon is conserved land, roughly 1,559 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Sandra Yerger Community Recreation Area and Nature Preserve (3.4 mi), South Mountain Park (0.7 mi), and Polk Valley Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lower Saucon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lower Saucon outdoors
Conserved land
10%
1,559 of 15,599 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
141 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.5 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
South Mountain Park
Managed by City of Bethlehem
33 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Polk Valley Park
Managed by Lower Saucon Township
49 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Town Hall Park
Managed by Lower Saucon Township
19 acres0.6 mi of trail
Workout Path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Heller Homestead Park
Managed by Lower Saucon Township
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Sandra Yerger Community Recreation Area and Nature Preserve147 acres · 3.4 mi of trail · Lower Saucon Township
South Mountain Park33 acres · 0.7 mi of trail · City of Bethlehem
Polk Valley Park49 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Lower Saucon Township
Town Hall Park19 acres · 0.6 mi of trail · Lower Saucon Township
Heller Homestead Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Lower Saucon Township
Steel City Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Lower Saucon Township
Southeastern Park11 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Lower Saucon Township
Freeman's Island6 acres · Wildlands Conservancy
Kingston Park2 acres · Lower Saucon Township
Grist Mill Park1 acres · Borough of Hellertown
Who protects the land
1,559 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 767 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 113 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 paths1.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Baseball8
- Soccer4
- Pickleball3
- Basketball2
- Softball1
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Lower Saucon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Saucon | 10% | 16.4 mi | 10 |
| Bethlehem | 5.2% | 17.8 mi | 39 |
| Hellertown | 12.2% | 1.8 mi | 5 |
| Bethlehem | 4.9% | 13.9 mi | 17 |
| Springfield | 27.4% | 6.9 mi | 4 |
| Freemansburg | 6.3% | 2.6 mi | 2 |
| Easton | 16.5% | 5.7 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lower Saucon'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 24.4-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.