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State Game Lands Number 29
Managed by Pennsylvania Game Commission
5,912 acres31.8 mi of trail
Tom's Run Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Watson
Watson, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 87% of Watson is conserved land, roughly 28,374 acres. There are about 113 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in State Game Lands Number 29 (31.8 mi), Hickory Creek Wilderness (9.3 mi), and Hearts Content Scenic Area (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Watson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Watson outdoors
Conserved land
87%
28,374 of 32,533 acres
Trails
113 mi
2.2 mi per sq mi · 102 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
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
Hickory Creek Wilderness
Managed by United States Forest Service
4,063 acres9.3 mi of trail
Hickory Creek Wilderness TrailTanbark Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Hearts Content Scenic Area
Managed by United States Forest Service
123 acres1 mi of trail
Hearts Content Outer Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
4
Allegheny Islands Wilderness
Managed by United States Forest Service
31 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land
28,374 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Nearby
Watson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson | 87.2% | 113.3 mi | 4 |
| Deerfield | 40% | 36.5 mi | 1 |
| Limestone | 74.1% | 42.6 mi | 2 |
| Pleasant | 57.9% | 148.2 mi | 4 |
| Cherry Grove | 86.7% | 69.4 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Watson'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 29.5-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.