1
Glen Providence Park
Park
26 acres1.6 mi of trail
Scout LoopMountain Laurel TrailSwitchbacks
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Upper Providence
Upper Providence, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Upper Providence is conserved land, roughly 373 acres. There are about 6.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Glen Providence Park (1.6 mi), Rose Tree Park (1.4 mi), and Louis W. Scott Memorial Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Upper Providence, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Upper Providence outdoors
Conserved land
10%
373 of 3,695 acres
Trails
6.0 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
34 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.
2
Rose Tree Park
Nature preserve
192 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Louis W. Scott Memorial Park
Park
42 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Ridley Creek State Park
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
76 acres0.8 mi of trail
Orange Trail Access
Dog rules not recorded
5
Houtman Park
Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
Glen Providence Park26 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
Rose Tree Park192 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Louis W. Scott Memorial Park42 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Ridley Creek State Park76 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
Houtman Park4 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Hildacy Preserve5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Natural Lands
Martins Park24 acres
Media Little League13 acres
Cherry Street Park7 acres
Who protects the land
373 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 22 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 37 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
- Tennis11
- Baseball7
- Soccer1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Upper Providence and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Providence | 10.1% | 6.0 mi | 9 |
| Middletown | 19.3% | 42.9 mi | 8 |
| Marple | 7.3% | 18.7 mi | 8 |
| Edgmont | 44.2% | 23.8 mi | 2 |
| Media | 3% | 0.5 mi | 3 |
| Nether Providence | 7.1% | 11.1 mi | 7 |
| Newtown | 5.8% | 8.4 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Upper Providence'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.