Allegheny County Parks Trails

Allegheny County

About this app

FEATURES

You will find new and old trails!
Discover trails within each Allegheny County park and easily choose which one to traverse by viewing its length, difficulty, and elevation profile.

You won’t get lost!
Track your location using this GPS-enabled app, and switch among imagery, topographic or terrain basemaps to give you a better sense of your surroundings.

You won’t get caught without the proper gear!
Get current weather conditions, alerts, and upcoming forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS).


ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS MISSION STATEMENT

To enhance the quality of life and well-being of Allegheny County residents through a regional parks system that:

Provides quality landscapes, facilities, programs, and special events that meet county-wide needs for leisure and recreation on behalf of the diverse segments of the community;

Conserves natural and cultural resources while offering educational programs and opportunities for hands on experience;

Forms an integral part of a county-wide system of open spaces, greenways, and trails; and

Contributes to the economic vitality of the County.


ABOUT

Created in collaboration with Allegheny County’s Department of Computer Services - GIS Section and software vendor ESRI.

Ratings and reviews

When on my run, it started to rain. I tried to follow trail map, to no avail. Map is completely out of date. Eventually just used the location and walked in the general direction of the road, on a trail that the map claimed didn't exist. Also, the pace tracker aaid I was running a 4 minute mile, so I think the distance calculator is off.

It's pretty useful, but one glaring annoyance: when I click the "target" to center in my location, it does BUT it doesn't zoom in to my location — it just keeps whatever zoom level I am looking at, and when the app starts up, that's at the county level. As I am already pretty sure that I am in Allegheny County, this is unhelpful.

Map downloads are slow, but when completed the maps are fully functional (they fixed previous bugs I ran into). It would be great if they removed the persistent notification when the app is in the background (useless white square in notification panel) and removed the associated audible alert when switching apps.

What's new

New Features
- User can save, modify, and delete individual points of interest or recorded routes.