Outdoors · Snake Spring

Snake Spring, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 5.9% of Snake Spring is conserved land, roughly 986 acres. There are about 55 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in State Game Lands Number 97 (1.5 mi).

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

At a glance

Snake Spring outdoors

Conserved land
5.9%
986 of 16,712 acres
Trails
55 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
518 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

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

State Game Lands Number 97

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
598 acres1.5 mi of trail
Mid-State Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

State Game Lands Number 73

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
31 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Snake Spring Community Park

Park
22 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.
Playgrounds in Snake Spring
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Snake Spring Community Park
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 4.9 mi
  • Mid-State Trail5.9 mi
  • Peaceful Path0.4 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

986 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
989 ac
State fish & wildlife
650 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
27 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
9 ac
Not recorded
9 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 300 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. 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

  • Baseball4
  • Basketball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Snake Spring

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Agricultural Easement 989 acState Resource Management Area 650 acLocal Park 27 acPrivate Conservation 17 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State Game Land 097State Resource Management AreaState fish & wildlife610Open
State Game Land 073State Resource Management AreaState fish & wildlife39Open
Snake Spring Community ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government27Open
Lutzville Cliffs Natural AreaPrivate ConservationNot recorded17Open
History

Historic places to visit

Hershberger CemeteryCemetery
Ritchey CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Snake Spring and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Snake Spring5.9%55.0 mi3
Bedford2.7%121.5 mi3
Hopewell18.4%17.2 mi1
West Providence5.2%32.4 mi3
South Woodbury14%65.5 mi1
Colerain16.7%86.8 mi4
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Snake 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 24.8-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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