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Frick Park
Park
543 acres22.5 mi of trail
Nine Mile Run Trail276 TrailIron Gate TrailBradema TrailBraddock Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Pittsburgh is conserved land, roughly 4,421 acres. There are about 117 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Frick Park (22.5 mi), Riverview Park (11.6 mi), and Hays Woods Park (10.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Pittsburgh, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Pittsburgh outdoors
Conserved land
12%
4,421 of 37,139 acres
Trails
117 mi
2 mi per sq mi · 92 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
139
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
126.8 mi
39.3 mi lanes · 48.2 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
Riverview Park
Park
253 acres11.6 mi of trail
Bob Harvey TrailMarshall TrailKilbuck TrailObservatory TrailSnyder's Point Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Hays Woods Park
Nature preserve
603 acres10.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Schenley Park
Park
428 acres9.8 mi of trail
Bridle TrailHollow Run TrailUpper Panther Hollow TrailSteve Faloon TrailLower Panther Hollow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Highland Park
Park
404 acres6.4 mi of trail
Reservoir Drive WalkOld Butler Street TrailCat Tail TrailBigelow TrailConnecting Road Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Duquesne Heights Greenway
Nature preserve
149 acres3.7 mi of trail
Emerald View TrailGeorge and Guy TrailTurkey Run TrailOneida Connector TrailBradley Connector Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Emerald View Park Trailhead
7
Beechview - Seldom Seen Greenway
Nature preserve
127 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
McKinley Park
Park
74 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 139 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 139 parks & preserves
Frick Park543 acres · 22.5 mi of trail
Riverview Park253 acres · 11.6 mi of trail
Hays Woods Park603 acres · 10.5 mi of trail
Schenley Park428 acres · 9.8 mi of trail
Highland Park404 acres · 6.4 mi of trail
Duquesne Heights Greenway149 acres · 3.7 mi of trail
Beechview - Seldom Seen Greenway127 acres · 2.6 mi of trail
McKinley Park74 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
Moore Greenway72 acres · 1.9 mi of trail
South Side Park52 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Who protects the land
4,421 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 36 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 77 of 312 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes39.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths48.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes39.3 mi
- Nine Mile Run Trail (bike route)1.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball105
- Tennis100
- Baseball93
- Soccer27
- Pickleball19
- Football14
- Multi-sport4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Pittsburgh and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 11.9% | 117.2 mi | 139 |
| Baldwin | 4.6% | 9.7 mi | 6 |
| Penn Hills | 3% | 13.5 mi | 13 |
| Ross | 3.8% | 12.4 mi | 19 |
| Green Tree | 4.7% | 2.4 mi | 5 |
| Baldwin | 10% | 0.6 mi | 1 |
| Reserve | 12.8% | 5.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Pittsburgh'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 34.6-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.