1
Mount Penn Preserve
Managed by Mount Penn Preserve Partnership Council of Governments
542 acres19.3 mi of trail
Blue Dot TrailA-LineRidge TrailLavender TrailWhite Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Reading
Reading, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Reading is conserved land, roughly 1,067 acres. There are about 55 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mount Penn Preserve (19.3 mi), Neversink Mountain Preserve (6.1 mi), and City Park (2.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Reading, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Reading outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,067 of 6,416 acres
Trails
55 mi
5.5 mi per sq mi · 43 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
36
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.5 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
Neversink Mountain Preserve
Managed by Berks Nature
154 acres6.1 mi of trail
Neversink North TrailHighland TrailWest Woodland TrailWest Valley Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
City Park
Park
39 acres2.9 mi of trail
Freedom Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Mineral Spring Park
Park
25 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Angelica Creek Park
Managed by Berks Nature
40 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Egelman's Park
Park
30 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Pendora Park
Park
13 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Schlegel Park
Park
25 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 36 parks & preserves
- 3rd and Spruce Park9 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Hampden Park26 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Museum Arboretum10 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Hillside Playground3 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Tulpehocken Creek Valley Parkway24 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Stonecliffe Recreation Area13 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Riverfront Park11 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Baer Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Science Field3 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- West Reading Playground9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- 11th and Pike Playground5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Neversink Playground3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Centre Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Glenside Playground4 ac · Directions
- Brookline Park4 ac
- Oakbrook Housing Park3 ac
- E.J. Dives Playground3 ac · Directions
- Keffer Park3 ac
- 10th & South Playground2 ac · Directions
- Heritage Park2 ac · Directions
- Reading Iron Playground2 ac
- 3rd and Spring Playground2 ac
- Barbey's Playground2 ac · Directions
- Northmont Park1 ac
- Front and Schiller Playground1 ac · Directions
- 16th and Haak Playground1 ac
- 2nd & Oley1 ac
- Essick Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,067 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 38 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 72 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 paths6.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
- Gravity Trail (bike route)1.1 mi
- Angelica Creek Trail (bike route)0.4 mi
- 9/11 National Memorial Trail (Pennsylvania thru route) (bike route)0.3 mi
- Union Canal Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball37
- Tennis29
- Baseball26
- Pickleball10
- Golf4
- Volleyball3
- Soccer3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Reading and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.6% | 54.8 mi | 36 |
| Cumru | 10.2% | 103.8 mi | 11 |
| West Reading | 5.7% | 1.6 mi | 2 |
| Kenhorst | 5.2% | 1.6 mi | 1 |
| Wyomissing | 9.1% | 16.5 mi | 10 |
| Muhlenberg | 5.4% | 38.9 mi | 12 |
| Lower Alsace | 49.3% | 75.0 mi | 6 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Reading'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.