1
North Park
Managed by Allegheny County
1,780 acres25.2 mi of trail
Red / Blue Dot TrailOrange TrailRachel Carson TrailGreen TrailPurple Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · McCandless
McCandless, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of McCandless is conserved land, roughly 1,660 acres. There are about 32 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in North Park (25.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in McCandless, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
McCandless outdoors
Conserved land
16%
1,660 of 10,558 acres
Trails
32 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
5
57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.4 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 5.0 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
Potter Park
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Devlin Park
Managed by Town of McCandless
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Wall Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
- Vestal Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
Who protects the land
1,660 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 10 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Harmony Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Golf112
- Baseball22
- Tennis20
- Pickleball9
- Soccer8
- Basketball4
- Football4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
McCandless and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCandless | 15.7% | 32.2 mi | 5 |
| Ross | 3.8% | 12.4 mi | 19 |
| Hampton | 9.6% | 30.6 mi | 6 |
| Franklin Park | 8% | 20.9 mi | 8 |
| Pine | 11.6% | 25.2 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about McCandless'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.