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Fort Washington State Park
Managed by Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
464 acres7.5 mi of trail
Militia Hill Day Use Area Loop TrailNature TrailBlue LoopOrange LoopWhite Loop
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Whitemarsh
Whitemarsh, PA parks, trails & bike paths
About 17% of Whitemarsh is conserved land, roughly 1,586 acres. There are about 35 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Fort Washington State Park (7.5 mi), Willow Lake Farm (3.8 mi), and The Highlands Mansion and Gardens (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Whitemarsh, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Whitemarsh outdoors
Conserved land
17%
1,586 of 9,405 acres
Trails
35 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
79 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.8 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 7.1 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
Willow Lake Farm
Managed by Wissahickon Trails
104 acres3.8 mi of trail
Pasture TrailsOld Farm LoopSparrow LoopWillow Lake-Prophecy Creek Connector
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trailhead
3
The Highlands Mansion and Gardens
Park
58 acres2.1 mi of trail
Highlands Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Miles Park
Managed by Whitemarsh Township
26 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Wells Street Open Space - Trail
Managed by Whitemarsh Township Parks & Recreation
21 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
6
Dixon Meadow Preserve
Nature preserve
13 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 17 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 17 parks & preserves
Fort Washington State Park464 acres · 7.5 mi of trail · Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
Willow Lake Farm104 acres · 3.8 mi of trail · Wissahickon Trails
The Highlands Mansion and Gardens58 acres · 2.1 mi of trail
Miles Park26 acres · 1 mi of trail · Whitemarsh Township
Wells Street Open Space - Trail21 acres · 0.8 mi of trail · Whitemarsh Township Parks & Recreation
Dixon Meadow Preserve13 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Cedar Grove Park17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Whitemarsh Township
Schuykill Center for Environmental Education12 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Four Mills Nature Reserve6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Wissahickon Trails
Kline Park62 acres
Who protects the land
1,586 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 304 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 81 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 paths7.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Golf63
- Tennis24
- Baseball14
- Soccer14
- Softball9
- Basketball8
- Field hockey3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Whitemarsh and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemarsh | 16.9% | 35.4 mi | 17 |
| Springfield | 9.3% | 9.7 mi | 8 |
| Plymouth | 5.4% | 7.4 mi | 11 |
| Conshohocken | 7% | 1.3 mi | 4 |
| Upper Dublin | 8.5% | 16.1 mi | 18 |
| Lower Merion | 6.3% | 41.8 mi | 44 |
| Philadelphia | 14% | 234.4 mi | 332 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Whitemarsh'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.