Outdoors · Willistown

Willistown, PA parks, trails & bike paths

About 35% of Willistown is conserved land, roughly 4,067 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Okehocking Preserve (6.9 mi), Kirkwood Preserve (4 mi), and Willisbrook Preserve (2.6 mi).

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

At a glance

Willistown outdoors

Conserved land
35%
4,067 of 11,627 acres
Trails
21 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
358 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

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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

Okehocking Preserve

Nature preserve
175 acres6.9 mi of trail
BlueGreenBlue/Yellow/GreenYellowBlue/Yellow
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Kirkwood Preserve

Managed by Willistown Conservation Trust
101 acres4 mi of trail
Northside LoopMassey Run LoopMeadowlark LoopCreekside LoopGrassland Spur Trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Willisbrook Preserve

Managed by Natural Lands
123 acres2.6 mi of trail
Red TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
4

Rushton Woods Preserve

Managed by Willistown Conservation Trust
83 acres2.3 mi of trail
Woodland LoopFarm Meadow Loop
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet Website
5

Serpentine Preserve

Managed by Willistown Township
48 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 10 parks & preserves
Okehocking Preserve175 acres · 6.9 mi of trail
Kirkwood Preserve101 acres · 4 mi of trail · Willistown Conservation Trust
Willisbrook Preserve123 acres · 2.6 mi of trail · Natural Lands
Rushton Woods Preserve83 acres · 2.3 mi of trail · Willistown Conservation Trust
Serpentine Preserve48 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · Willistown Township
Greentree Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Willistown Township
Mill Road Park19 acres · Willistown Township
Sugartown Preserve18 acres · Willistown Township
Garrett Mill Road Park18 acres · Willistown Township
Airdrie Forest Preserve1 acres
Who protects the land

4,067 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
15,653 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
300 ac
County
244 ac
Joint
146 ac
Not recorded
501 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,354 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 31 of 639 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

  • Tennis52
  • Baseball8
  • Soccer8
  • Equestrian5
  • Basketball4
  • Softball1
  • Football1

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

Nearby

Willistown and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Willistown35%21.4 mi10
Newtown5.8%8.4 mi9
East Goshen14.3%0.7 mi5
Malvern14.1%3.9 mi5
Edgmont44.2%23.8 mi2
Tredyffrin13.9%33.7 mi22
Easttown15.6%3.5 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Willistown'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.

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