1
Pinchot State Forest
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
2,312 acres21 mi of trail
Balish SpurOrange Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Scranton
Scranton, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Scranton is conserved land, roughly 3,533 acres. There are about 48 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Pinchot State Forest (21 mi), Nay Aug Park (3.4 mi), and McDade Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Scranton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Scranton outdoors
Conserved land
22%
3,533 of 16,249 acres
Trails
48 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
46 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.7 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 6.2 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
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
Nay Aug Park
Park
96 acres3.4 mi of trail
Davis TrailSarabi Loop TrailMain Line Loop TrailMufasa TrailLizard Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
3
McDade Park
Park
93 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Connell Park
Park
15 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Tripp Park
Park
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Connell Park Little League
Park
10 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Weston Field
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Weston Field Running path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 30 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 30 parks & preserves
Pinchot State Forest2,312 acres · 21 mi of trail · Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
Nay Aug Park96 acres · 3.4 mi of trail
McDade Park93 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Connell Park15 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Tripp Park7 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Connell Park Little League10 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Weston Field8 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Weston Park8 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Nay Aug Avenue Natural Play Area1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Richter Avenue Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Who protects the land
3,533 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 90 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball43
- Tennis32
- Basketball20
- Tracks9
- Soccer8
- Football6
- Multi-sport2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Scranton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scranton | 21.7% | 47.7 mi | 30 |
| Taylor | 3.7% | 1.7 mi | 4 |
| Moosic | 4.8% | 26.8 mi | 6 |
| Dunmore | 3.2% | 20.8 mi | 5 |
| Ransom | 0.9% | 26.1 mi | 1 |
| Roaring Brook | 9.3% | 31.0 mi | 2 |
| South Abington | 4.4% | 5.1 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Scranton'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 23.6-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.