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 Waymarked Trails…
or check out our post on a New Horse Mapping Tool!
In Waymarked Trails, 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 file of the trails to view in your favorite map app.
We have added:
- Pennsylvania rail trails allowing horses on more than a few miles
- Pennsylvania state parks with significant horse trails
- State Game Lands with designated trails of more than a few miles
- urban/suburban local and county parks with horse trails
- hundreds and hundreds of Pennsylvania state forest trails
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
As mentioned above, check out our post on a New Horse Mapping Tool!
You can also see this data in OpenStreetMap, but it’s hard to locate trails specifically open to horse use:
You can also create your own routes and maps showing distances, slopes, elevation using free sites like:
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 join the OpenStreetMap project (it’s free) and help the riding community by adding trails yourself.