Outdoors · Plains

Plains, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 21% of Plains is conserved land, roughly 1,798 acres. There are about 4.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pinchot State Forest (2.3 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Plains, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Plains outdoors

Conserved land
21%
1,798 of 8,530 acres
Trails
4.9 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
182 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

Pinchot State Forest

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
1,376 acres2.3 mi of trail
Audubon Loop TrailSeven Tubs Main LoopD&L Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

State Game Lands Number 91

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
235 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Plains Township Municipal Park

Park
101 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

1,798 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources
1,377 ac
State fish & wildlife
235 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
179 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
5 ac
Not recorded
1,385 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 17 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 paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis6
  • Baseball5
  • Basketball4
  • Beach volleyball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Plains and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Plains21.1%4.9 mi3
Wilkes-Barre7.8%3.2 mi19
Jenkins39.7%11.9 mi2
Forty Fort20%0.1 mi2
Kingston10.8%0.2 mi6
Wyoming6.2%0.3 mi2
Bear Creek67.2%44.8 mi12
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Plains'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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