Outdoors · Walker

Walker, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 16% of Walker is conserved land, roughly 3,937 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bald Eagle State Forest (3.5 mi), State Game Lands Number 295 (1 mi), and Walker Township Park (0.7 mi).

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

At a glance

Walker outdoors

Conserved land
16%
3,937 of 24,455 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
843 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

Bald Eagle State Forest

Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
1,522 acres3.5 mi of trail
James Cleveland Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
2

State Game Lands Number 295

Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
1,582 acres1 mi of trail
Jeep Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Walker Township Park

Park
16 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Peaks in Walker
Hickory Knob1,302 ft elevation
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 2.2 miUnpaved 2.6 mi
  • Jeep Trail0.4 mi
  • James Cleveland Trail0.4 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

3,937 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
2,501 ac
State fish & wildlife
1,583 ac
State natural resources
1,522 ac
USDA easements (NRCS)
183 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
51 ac
Private owners
5 ac
Not recorded
81 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 775 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

  • Soccer5
  • Baseball3
  • Beach volleyball2
  • Basketball2
  • Tennis1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Walker

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 3,105 acAgricultural Easement 2,703 acConservation Easement 63 acLocal Park 56 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
State Game Land 295State Resource Management AreaState fish & wildlife1,583Open
Bald Eagle State ForestState Resource Management AreaState natural resources1,522Open
Walker Twp Community ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government51Open
Spingfield Subdivision ParkLocal ParkPrivate owners5Open
Ridgecrest ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government1Open
History

Historic places to visit

Zion CemetaryCemetery
Nearby

Walker and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Walker16.1%12.4 mi3
Marion7.3%4.7 mi3
Gregg10.8%23.1 mi1
Spring22.5%9.3 mi6
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Walker'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 32.4-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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