American Planning Association Chapter Making G r eat Comm uni ti es H appeappen October 3-5, 2010

Kent Taylor PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Great Allegheny Passage

Statewide Organizations

 Keystone Association  PA Highlands Greenway

 International Mountain  Allegheny Alliance (Great Bicycling Association Allegheny Passage)

 PA Off-Highway Vehicle  Kittatinny Ridge

Association  Pittsburgh to Harrisburg  PA E qui ne C ouncil MiliMainline C anal lG Greenway

 PA State Snowmobile  Susquehanna Greenway

Association  Delaware & Lehigh Trail

 Rails to Trails Conservancy  Erie to Pittsburgh Greenway

Conservancy  Standing Stone Trail

Association  Trail

 PA Highlands Greenway  Warrior Trail Association

 Laurel Highlands National  York Heritage Trail Scenic Trail

1 High Scoring Trail Gap Issues

Issue Points Providing connections between existing trails. 210 Closing a gap within an existing trail. 167 Securing trail rights-of-way that otherwise would be lost to 260 development. Takinggg advantage of landowners’ willing ness to allow trail 170 development. Building trails that connect communities to each other. 153

Providing access to outstanding natural scenery. 241

Providing trails that accommodate more than one user 226 group.

• Search • Map • Get descriptions • Get directions • Get connected

• Share your trail photos and reviews • Report trail updates • Add new trails

2 3 Find a Trail

 Search

 Map

 Get descriptions and driving directions

4  Share your latest information

 Help update a trail

 Report a new trail

Learn about more than 6,700 miles of trails in PA

…with more miles added all the time.

Why Use GPS?

 Navigation

 Hide and seek geocaches

 Collect and share trails information

 Make “smart” maps

 Support better decisions

5 Coming Soon!

 Printable Trail ReportsReports

 On-screen Drawing Tools

 Improved Mapping

 Better Usability

Kent Taylor GIS Specialist PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources [email protected]@state.pa.us 717717--787787--41384138

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