New State Park Trails 2025 Statewide Conservation and Natural Resources

<B>Summary</B> The PA State Parks Trails dataset contains all public recreational trails within Pennsylvania’s State Parks along with the associated recreational activities permitted on said trails and general trail characteristics. <B>2025 GPS Effort</B> This new State Park Trails dataset is the result of a recent effort to physically GPS map every trail in the state park system and fill out characteristics about it such as difficulty, surface, and trail uses. <B>Data Collection:</B> The PA State Parks Trails were captured directly in the field using a GNSS enabled GPS that provided an average accuracy of 6 feet. Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) practices were utilized to achieve this accuracy during collection and perform any necessary post processing and corrections after the initial collection. The initial collection efforts were conducted from March 2023 to November 2023. The PA State Parks Trails data is evergreen is continually updated; these updates are released to this dataset monthly. <B>Scale:</B> This dataset is designed to be used at a maximum scale of 1:2400 (1 inch = 200 feet). <B>Data Disclosure:</B> The PA State Park Trails and information contained in this dataset is not guaranteed and may contain errors and/or omissions. Trails may be restricted or closed without notice and such restrictions and closures may not be reflected in this dataset. This dataset is not guaranteed and is subject to the terms of use.