1
William H. Kain County Park
Park
692 acres10.6 mi of trail
South Shore TrailHeadwater TrailBoathouse Trail3A4B
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Springfield
Springfield, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Springfield is conserved land, roughly 4,949 acres. There are about 33 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in William H. Kain County Park (10.6 mi), Spring Valley County Park (6.1 mi), and Richard M. Nixon County Park (5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Springfield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Springfield outdoors
Conserved land
29%
4,949 of 16,972 acres
Trails
33 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 26 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
814 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.4 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 1.2 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
Spring Valley County Park
Managed by York County Department of Parks and Recreation
346 acres6.1 mi of trail
65M66B5A
Dog rules not recorded
3
Richard M. Nixon County Park
Nature preserve
152 acres5 mi of trail
Old FieldBird HollowQuiet WalkGeologyHardwood
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Lake Redman Activity Area
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
- Springfield Township Park6 ac
- Goodling Park3 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
4,949 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,704 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 162 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball7
- Equestrian6
- Tennis5
- Baseball4
- Golf1
- Soccer1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Springfield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 29.2% | 33.2 mi | 6 |
| North Hopewell | 13.1% | 9.0 mi | 1 |
| North Codorus | 19% | 2.9 mi | 4 |
| York | 11.3% | 20.6 mi | 6 |
| Codorus | 14.4% | 1.9 mi | 1 |
| Shrewsbury | 20.3% | 5.6 mi | 8 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Springfield'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 21.6-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.