Outdoors · Providence

Providence, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 16% of Providence is conserved land, roughly 2,063 acres. Providence has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Providence outdoors

Conserved land
16%
2,063 of 12,735 acres
Trails
0.8 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
290 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.2 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

12
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

Trout Run

Managed by Lancaster County Conservancy
36 acres0.5 mi of trail
Blue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Ray’s Woods

Managed by Lancaster County Conservancy
61 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

2,063 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
2,654 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
1,409 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
229 ac
Joint
129 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
38 ac
Not recorded
922 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 909 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 118 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 paths7.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby

Providence and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Providence16.2%0.8 mi2
Strasburg30.5%1.1 mi0
Pequea29.6%5.9 mi1
Drumore36%11.8 mi4
Eden15.6%1.1 mi0
East Drumore36.3%0.3 mi2
Martic38.6%45.5 mi13
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about 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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