Outdoors · Schuylkill

Schuylkill, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 5% of Schuylkill is conserved land, roughly 308 acres. There are about 5.3 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Schuylkill outdoors

Conserved land
5%
308 of 6,148 acres
Trails
5.3 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
named on the map
Bike routes
3.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.2 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

123
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

Tuscarora State Park

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
105 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

State Game Lands Number 227

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
35 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Bungalow Park

Park
9 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Schuylkill
Locust Mountain
Directions
Trails

Named trails

  • Mary D Walking Trail0.3 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

308 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State parks
423 ac
State fish & wildlife
81 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
24 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths3.2 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball2
  • Basketball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Schuylkill

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Park 423 acState Resource Management Area 40 acState Recreation Area 40 acLocal Park 24 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Tuscarora State ParkState ParkState parks423Open
State Game Land 227State Resource Management AreaState fish & wildlife40Open
Sgl 227State Recreation AreaState fish & wildlife40Open
H.D. Buehler Memorial ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government13Open
Schuylkill Township ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government11Open
History

Historic places to visit

KIAMonument
Newkirk Veterans MemorialMemorial
New Saint Jerome's Roman Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Odd Fellows CemeteryCemetery
Saint Bartholomew's CemeteryCemetery
Saint Joseph's Polish National Church CemeteryCemetery
St. Mary's Greek Catholic CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Schuylkill and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Schuylkill5%5.3 mi3
Walker26.8%1.7 mi2
Tamaqua21.4%8.9 mi8
Blythe6.1%15.1 mi4
Ryan23.4%12.0 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Schuylkill'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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