We have mapped a huge number of public horse riding trails and even some horse driving trails for Pennsylvania and surrounding states in OpenStreetMap.

Trails can easily be viewed using the Waymarked Trails website…

Pennsylvania Horse Trail Map

Click on the [Routes] button at lower right and zoom in and out to vary the trails shown. Click on a specific trail to get additional details. You can download a kml file of the trails to view in G–e Earth, or gpx file to view on similar apps.

Map of Pennsylvania horse riding trails

We have added:

  • most Pennsylvania rail trails that allow horses for more than a few miles
  • most Pennsylvania state parks with horse trails
  • most State Game Lands with designated trails more than a few miles long
  • many urban/suburban local and county parks with horse trails
  • some Pennsylvania state forest trails, although there are thousands to do!

We believe this is probably the most comprehensive map of public riding trails for Pennsylvania–period! We also added maps in bordering states Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Delaware, and a few horse driving trails.

All of this is free and open data, no signing up for anything, no monthly fees. You can download an area of trails to your phone or GPS for free (using gpx and kml download links).

Other Ways to Map Horse Trails

You can also see this data in OpenStreetMap, but it’s much harder to locate trails specifically open to horse use:

OpenStreetMap.org

You can also create your own routes and maps showing distances, slopes, elevation using sites like:

GraphHopper Maps

There is no “horse” mode, but setting it for hiking mode works fairly well.

Contribute Your Favorite Trails

You can help! Let us know if there are trails you ride that should be included, or sign up for OpenStreetMap (it’s free) and start adding trails yourself.