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Vincent DiFilippo Nature Preserve
Park
66 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Silver Spring
Silver Spring, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 9% of Silver Spring is conserved land, roughly 1,887 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Vincent DiFilippo Nature Preserve (2.2 mi), State Game Lands Number 170 (1.4 mi), and Pleasant View Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Silver Spring, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Silver Spring outdoors
Conserved land
9%
1,887 of 20,884 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
91 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 170
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
325 acres1.4 mi of trail
Darlington Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Pleasant View Park
Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Terra Park
Park
9 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Vincent DiFilippo Nature Preserve66 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
State Game Lands Number 170325 acres · 1.4 mi of trail · Pennsylvania Game Commission
Pleasant View Park11 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Terra Park9 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Willow Mill Park18 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Stony Ridge Park99 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Hidden Creek Park17 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Adventure Zone Park13 acres
Paul Walters Memorial Park8 acres
Potteiger Park7 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Silver Spring
Showing 1–10 of 19 playgrounds
Walden Terra ParkIn Terra Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Stony Ridge Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Pleasant View Park
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 0.5 miUnpaved 1.1 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail1.3 mi
- Darlington Trail1.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,887 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,164 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 105 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Golf21
- Baseball16
- Tennis16
- Soccer8
- Lacrosse7
- Basketball5
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Silver Spring
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 2,428 acConservation Easement 1,982 acState Resource Management Area 322 acLocal Park 229 acNational Scenic or Historic Trail 171 ac
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Game Land 170State Resource Management Area | State fish & wildlife | 322 | Open |
| Appalachian National Scenic TrailNational Scenic or Historic Trail | National Park Service | 171 | Open |
| Stony Ridge ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 101 | Open |
| Paul Walters Memorial ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 43 | Open |
| Willow Mill ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 19 | Open |
| Hidden Creek ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 18 | Open |
| White Birch Farm ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 14 | Open |
| Pleasant View ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 12 | Open |
| Adventure Zone ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 10 | Open |
| Potteiger ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 7 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Veterans MemorialIn Willow Mill Park · War memorial
Trindle Spring CemeteryCemetery
War of 1812 Memorial CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Silver Spring and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring | 9% | 12.3 mi | 10 |
| Hampden | 3.6% | 17.1 mi | 9 |
| Middlesex | 11% | 14.7 mi | 4 |
| Monroe | 23.8% | 16.8 mi | 2 |
| Mechanicsburg | 3.8% | 1.5 mi | 3 |
| Rye | 46.8% | 63.1 mi | 3 |
| South Middleton | 18% | 31.8 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Silver Spring'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 20.7-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.