1
Old Orchard Park
Managed by Palmer Township
6 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Palmer
Palmer, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.8% of Palmer is conserved land, roughly 379 acres. There are about 2.4 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Palmer, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Palmer outdoors
Conserved land
5.8%
379 of 6,587 acres
Trails
2.4 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
19
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.8 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 9.3 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
Mill Race Park
Managed by Palmer Township
33 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Riverview Park
Managed by Palmer Township
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Fairview Park
Managed by Palmer Township
18 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Old Orchard Park6 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · Palmer Township
Fairview Park18 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Palmer Township
Penn Pump Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Palmer Township
Briarcliffe Park16 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Hugh Moore Park8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Mill Race Park33 acres · Palmer Township
Riverview Park22 acres · Palmer Township
Weller Tract14 acres · Palmer Township
Binney and Smith Preserve11 acres · Wildlands Conservancy
Keystone Park9 acres · Palmer Township
Who protects the land
379 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 112 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 28 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths9.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball26
- Tennis18
- Soccer10
- Basketball8
- Pickleball8
- Football4
- Tracks1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Palmer and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer | 5.8% | 2.4 mi | 19 |
| Forks | 6.7% | 13.3 mi | 11 |
| Easton | 16.5% | 5.7 mi | 19 |
| Stockertown | 4% | 1.5 mi | 5 |
| Wilson | 5.5% | 0.8 mi | 3 |
| Tatamy | 4.1% | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| Lower Nazareth | 11.5% | 4.0 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Palmer'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.