Category: Pennsylvania Local

Allegheny County Parks 
Thanks to Braden Meiter for the following information and suggestions about accessibility in the parks.  Here is their website.  412-350-7275
 Nextpittsburgh Article by Michele Fetting

North Park    Brochure & Map  Paved Trails  Blazed Trails-Central  724-935-1766 or 724-935-1971
Lake Loop: 5 miles, mostly flat, paved.

Swimming pool (south ridge) loops: Paved loops on shoulder of road. Very wide shoulder. As little as .5 miles to about 1.5 miles. Figure eight loops.
Swimming pool (south ridge) loops:  Map  Blazed trails leaving from Pie Traynor Field. Gravel or wide natural surface, low elevation change.  Suggested Route: Head south from Pie Traynor parking lot onto trail with white with red dot blaze. Follow to intersection with South ridge road. Make right turn onto white blaze trail. Follow to Pie Traynor parking lot.
[ Latodami Nature Center trails  Phone 724-935-2170
 Nature Access Trail  map  0.4 mile Braille trail]

Hartwood Acres Park   Map   Basic Trail Map    Detailed Trail Map   412-767-9200
Mansion parking lot: Wide, mostly flat, natural surface. Cross street from parking lot. Follow trail #10 until it meets an unmarked intersection, bear in the sidebar. Trail intersects with purple trail (trail 12), go right. Stay straight through intersections until back at trail beginning.

Deer Lakes Park   Map 724-265-3520
Paved Pond Trails: Paved, mostly flat. Loops starting from Splash park or Veterans Shelter Parking lots. Distance variable.

Harrison Hills Park    Map   Map of Blazed Trails   724-295-3570
Paved loop at CottonTail Drive Playground: Flat, paved, 0.5 mile .

Environmental Learning Center Loop: Mostly flat, wide, natural surface trail, approximately 1 mile. Park at ELC. Walk north on gravel service road. Turn right onto purple trail through meadow. At intersection with green trail, turn right and follow back to service road. Turn left back to ELC parking lot.

South Park  north half of Map   south half of Map  Trails   412-835-4809 or 412-835-4810, or 412-835-5710
Corrigan Drive: flat, paved. Couple different parking locations, not a loop; out and back.   2 Miles.
Maple Springs Road Exercise Loop: flat, rock/gravel, some paved spots. 1.75 Miles.

Round Hill Park  Map  Trails- Not Blazed 412-384-4701
The Farm: Everything around the farm is paved and loops all around to the different animals ( .5 miles).
The trails here are not blazed, would be difficult to explain. Some trails, however, are flat around the farm , as they are also accessed by tractors/other farm equipment.

White Oak Park  Map   412-678-3774 or 412-350-2455
Sylvan Drive: It is a paved road that comes to a dead end, main park road, which most of the shelters are on. There is rarely heavy traffic and safe for most park visitors. Very popular for walking.

Settlers Cabin Park   Map
Panhandle Connector Trail: Leaves from the old park office on Greer Rd. Trail is completely paved and is 0.67 mile long – eventually it will connect to the Panhandle Trail once property is acquired.
Panhandle rail trail is nearby: http://www.railstotrails.us/pa_panhandle_trail.htm

Boyce Park      Map   Trails Map   724-327-0338 or 724-327-8798    Visitor Center  724-733-4618
Centerview Drive: Paved, mostly flat, some hills. Variable distances depending on parking.

Wide paved berm with light traffic. Trail from Silver Beaver: Old road, paved but is not a loop.

Bucks County Parks and Recreation  
Bucks County has eight parks, eight recreation areas and three nature centers.
Here is their website.  Phone215-348-6114 or 215-757-0571    
Churchville Nature Center   Trail Map  215-357-4005
Thank you to Kirsten Becker, who supplied the map and this trail information: “We have one small section of trail, our yellow trail, that is paved that loops around our meadow and over to our pond, as well as a small section that has a board walk near that.  The remainder of the trails (2 miles total) are hard packed dirt.  One of our trails, the orange trail does have a great deal of exposed roots through one section.  Our building is accessible. ”
Silver Lake Park  215-757-0571 Nature Center
“A half mile double loop is handicapped accessible and can be reached from the Visitor Center or from the parking lot by the lake.”

Lancaster County
Parks, Trails, & Map  717-299-8215 Here is the County website.
Central Park Trails and facilities brochure and map
Conestoga Greenway Trail  1.3 miles paved pathway “that runs along the outer bank of the Conestoga River as it encircles the Sunnyside peninsula.”  It “provides educational opportunities to study the riverway itself, as well as the wildlife and flora and fauna that call it home. ”
Conewago Recreation Trail 5.5 miles which “follows the Conewago Creek through scenic farmland and woodlands, and links to the Lebanon Valley RailTrail. ”  Note, when I posted this in March 2016, there was a warning on the website that some sections of this trail are washed out.
Lancaster Junction Recreation Trail “runs for 2.3 miles between the hamlet of Lancaster Junction and Route 283. Like the Conewago Trail, Lancaster Junction Trail travels through some of Lancaster County’s most scenic farmland, and borders Chiques Creek in its northern half.”
Both Conewago and Lancaster Junction trails have “well-graded, level surfaces.”
? The Northwest Lancaster County River Trail   Parts of this “fourteen-mile, multi-use, public recreation trail adjacent to the Susquehanna River” are accessible for wheelchairs, but not all.  Call the county,  the borough, or township numbers given in the website for information.

Asbury Woods
Asbury Woods is an independent non-profit organization with a mission “to provide all members of the community with meaningful environmental, educational and recreational experiences…”
Here is their website.    814-835-5356  Trail Guide     Trail Map
Boardwalk Trail 1/3 mile located just behind the Nature Center. Trail features include mature woods, access to a quiet gazebo and a wetland deck where visitors can see summer dragonflies, turtles, ducks and more.