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Tuscarora State Park
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
726 acres4.1 mi of trail
Forest Edge TrailLaurel TrailOld Log TrailSpirit of Tuscarora TrailRavine Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Rush
Rush, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Rush is conserved land, roughly 2,281 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tuscarora State Park (4.1 mi) and State Game Lands Number 227 (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rush, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Rush outdoors
Conserved land
15%
2,281 of 15,405 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
660 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
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.
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State Game Lands Number 227
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
1,486 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Ryan Memorial Park
Park
27 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Grier City Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Rush
Nesquehoning Mountain1,549 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.7 miHorses 2.7 miUnpaved 1.5 mi
- UTV Trails1.1 mi
- Forest Edge Trail0.4 mi
- Laurel Trail0.4 mi
- Old Log Trail0.3 mi
- Spirit of Tuscarora Trail0.2 mi
- Ravine Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Greenwood LakelakeLake HautoreservoirNeifert Creek ImpoundmentreservoirTuscarora LakelakeLittle Schuylkill River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,281 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
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
- Basketball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Rush
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 1,548 acState Resource Management Area 1,498 acState Recreation Area 1,454 acLocal Park 52 acLocal Recreation Area 1 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscarora State ParkState Park | State parks | 1,548 | Open |
| State Game Land 227State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,498 | Open |
| Sgl 227State Recreation Area | State fish & wildlife | 1,447 | Open |
| Ryan Memorial ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 25 | Open |
| Rush Township ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 17 | Open |
| Catawissa Recreation AreaState Recreation Area | State natural resources | 7 | Open |
| Grier City ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
| Miller ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
| Quakake PlaygroundLocal Recreation Area | Other or Unknown Local Government | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Bethany Methodist Church CemeteryCemetery
Hauck CemeteryCemetery
Saint Nicholas Orthodox Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Sky-View Memorial ParkCemetery
Skyview Memorial ParkCemetery
Sons of Jacob Jewish CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Rush and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Rush'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 22.4-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.