1
Smedley Park
Park
13 acres0.8 mi of trail
Green Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Nether Providence
Nether Providence, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.1% of Nether Providence is conserved land, roughly 212 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Smedley Park (0.8 mi) and Furness Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Nether Providence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Nether Providence outdoors
Conserved land
7.1%
212 of 3,007 acres
Trails
11 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.9 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
Furness Park
Managed by Nether Providence Township
17 acres0.7 mi of trail
Furness Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Houston Park
Managed by Nether Providence Township
39 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sapovits Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
212 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 27 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 25 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 paths1.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis16
- Baseball8
- Soccer6
- Pickleball3
- Basketball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Nether Providence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Providence | 7.1% | 11.1 mi | 7 |
| Springfield | 7.2% | 18.3 mi | 15 |
| Swarthmore | 3.5% | 4.2 mi | 5 |
| Chester | 7.5% | 2.2 mi | 11 |
| Brookhaven | 9% | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| Ridley | 4.7% | 1.6 mi | 8 |
| Upper Providence | 10.1% | 6.0 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Nether Providence'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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