Trails in Murrysville
+ Park Locations Map
+ Park/Reserve Summary
+ Bear Hollow Park
+ Bear Hollow Trail
+ Duff Park
+ Kellman/Skena Reserves
+ M. C. P.
+ Pleasant Valley
+ Townsend
+ Caywood
Reserve
+ Flinn
Reserve
+ King
Reserve
+ McGinnis
Reserve
+ Potter's
Corner
+ Tomer
Reserve
+ Walter
Reserve
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Policy
No. 20-05 - Municipality of Murrysville - Specifications for Year
2002 Comprehensive Plan - Appendix B (Partial) & C - Contains
information on land use patterns, analysis of parks, reserves, private
recreational facilities, etc. (5 MB) Overview of Pennsylvania Recreational Use of Land & Water Act from conservationtools.org Discussion of Traffic Calming from conservationtools.org "The Official Map: A Handbook for Preserving and Providing Public Lands and Facilities"; PA DOT, DCNR, DCED, and PA Land Trust Association, 6/11 "Trail and Path Planning: A Guide for Municipalities"; Chester County, PA, 2007 "Guidelines for Marking Recreational Trails"; PA DCNR, 7/08 "Trail Maintenance 101", John Magerlein, 10/5/05, New York/New Jersey Trail Conference Murrysville Community Library provides access to a wealth of material about trail building and trails, either from the Library's own collection or from other libraries in Westmoreland County via the Polaris system. Books and materials donated to Murrysville Community Library by the MTA include:
Other trail building books: Geosynthetics for Trails in Wet Areas, USDA, 2008 Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities, AASHTO, 1999 Regional Building of Trails and Bike Facilities "Riverfront trail plans under way in Allegheny Valley"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/28/11 "Allegheny Passage trail link under way"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/7/11 "Trails around school put him on a path to young adventures"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/5/11 "Walkabout: Emerald View Park, a jewel of a trail, helps outdoor lovers be high over the city"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/27/11 "As more workers make the commute by bike, cyclists campaign for rights, improved safety", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/15/11 "Bike Pittsburgh awarded three-year, $40,000 grant"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 8/11/11 "New trail offers more than regular scenery"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/16/11 (about newest 3 mile segment of Great Allegheny Passage from Duquesne to The Waterfront) "Bike-sharing concept peddled as fine idea"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/9/11 "Pittsburgh ranks high in national study on pedestrian safety"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/25/11 "Council budget would fund bike trail"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/13/11 (about a link from South Park to the Montour Trail) "The right road: A county plan maps the future for bikers, walkers"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/24/11 "County plan aims to improve biking, walking routes"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/16/11 "Around Town: It's time to wake up and enjoy the fruits of redone riverfront", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/9/10 "5.8 miles of trail repairs to be unveiled"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/27/10 (about trail repairs in Frick, Highland, Riverview and Schenley parks) "Latrobe considers trails linking to Saint Vincent"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/15/10 "Local Dispatch: A real community is more than just a place to live"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/11/10 (about Oakmont's good qualities, including that it is walker-friendly) 'Active Allegheny' plan aims to integrate biking, walking routes; 6/21/10; Active Allegheny "Pittsburgh receives national award as bike-friendly community"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/17/10 "Downtown commuter center has secure indoor bicycle spaces”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/20/10 "Conservationist Harrison honored for work to keep Murrysville acreage 'forever green'"; Your Murrysville (a service of the Murrysville Star), 5/13/10 “North Fayette awards walking trail contract”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/12/10. A Life in Pittsburgh ... With a Lot Less Car in It - The 12 Step Program; Post-Gazette, Sunday, 5/2/10 “Trails in city parks to receive $3 million in improvements”: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/29/10 “Move PGH effort would analyze city’s disjointed transportation system”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/27/10 “The Last Mile”; Newsweek, 1/15/10 (about Great Allegheny Passage) “Pittsburgh stands tall amid national turmoil” (about good things in Pittsburgh, including riverfront bike trails); Post-Gazette, 12/17/09 “Bike Pittsburgh seeks converts among commuters”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/13/09 “Raystown Lake bike trail system opens”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/31/09 “'Smart’ transit projects revealed”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/29/09 “Fresh New Bike Lanes on Wightman and Beacon in Squirrel Hill”; Bike Pittsburgh, 5/7/09 “Trail project gets $780,000 federal boost; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 4/13/09 “Pittsburgh ranked No. 10 in places to walk by Prevention Magazine”; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 4/10/09 “Wiestertown bike path funds targeted”; Murrysville Star, 1/1/09, (note: correction was printed that the Municipality of Murrysville submitted the application, and that it was for bike lanes on both sides of Wiestertown Road) “Allegheny River trail part of the big picture; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/13/08, “This ‘Burgh is made for walking”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/6/07 “Trail improvements planned for city parks”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/12/07 “Greenways, trails could enhance Hill District”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/14/07 “Vision forms for giant riverfront park”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/24/06 “Bicycle
lanes gain support on long stretch of Liberty Ave.”; Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, 8/28/06 "Cycling Surges in the Land of the Automobile"; bbc.uk.co, 10/20/10 Trail System of Westminster, CO "Making the County Better for Bicycling" about Montgomery County, PA (undated, but may be from 2008) “A Free-Wheeling City”, Parade Magazine, 9/27/09 (about Columbia, Missouri's emphasis on cycling)
Indian Paths of Pennsylvania, Paul A. W. Wallace, 1998
Health and Well Being Benefits of Trails You Need a Braincation, Outside Magazine 12/11 Reconnecting Youth to a Green & Playful World, from Pennsylvania Land Trust Association Fall 2011 Newsletter Walkworks is a PA Department of Health initiative to promote walking for health and well-being (counties selected for the pilot program are Cambria, Crawford, Greene, McKean, Venango, and Washington) "Nature therapy cures anxiety"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/11/11 "Coffee Break? Walk in the Park? Why Unwinding is Hard"; Wall Street Journal, 8/30/11 "Studies uphold walking's benefits"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/25/10 “Have we become posthuman digital zombies?”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/24/10 “For an architect, the bike’s the thing”, The Wall Street Journal, 11/24/09 “Minnesota town goes crazy over turning healthy”; The Morning File, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/16/09 “Green spaces ‘improve health'”; BBC, 10/15/09 “Green spaces ‘reduce health gap'”; BBC, 11/7/08 "Call for rethink in obesity fight"; BBC, 12/14/07 “Report: National strategy needed to fight fat”, http://cnn.com/health/ (no date shown) "Walking Hard for Many Exercisers"; cnn.com/health, 9/7/07 “Great Allegeny Passage rail-trail first hall of famer”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/26/07 “Last
Child in the Woods”, Richard Louv, 2005, about how unstructured play in natural settings is good
for children and society Economic Benefits of Trails "Best Places to Live" features show that desireable neighborhoods consistently feature extensive parks, open space, and trails, http://money.cnn.com/ "Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails, and Greenway Corridors"; National Park Service, 1995 Economic Impact of Trails - National Trails Training Partnership (website) “The Economic Benefits of Trails”; American Hiking Society (not dated) “Great Allegheny Passage users help local economy, survey finds”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 5/2/09 “The granola factor”; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/15/09 “Realtors
peddle real estate to bike-happy clients”; AP, 9/6/08
"Bicyclists and drivers must have mutual respect", Letter to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/6/11 "Extremely bright bicycle jersey might be life saver"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/23/11 New Jersey FIT: Future In Transportation - Calm Traffic, New Jersey Department of Transportation, no date shown “Narrow Streets,
Less Traffic: Increasingly, Planners See That Bike Lanes and Sidewalks
Calm Traffic", the Daily Green, 7/30/07 Articles and Books about Places to Bike Several rail-trail guides are listed on the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website Articles about Places to Hike "New trail offers more than regular scenery"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/16/11 (about newest 3 mile segment of Great Allegheny Passage from Duquesne to The Waterfront) "The gorges of Mohican Park in Ohio create a hiker's paradise"; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/22/11
Books about Places to Hike* Best Hikes Near Pittsburgh (Easy Day Hikes), Bob Frye, May 2009 Pennsylvania Hiking Trails, Keystone Trails Association, 2008 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Pittsburgh, Donna Ruff, May 2006 Hiking Pennsylvania: 55 of the state's greatest hiking adventures, John Young, 2008 Great Little Walks: A guide to walks on the Great Allegheny Passage and connecting trails in the Pittsburgh area, Yvonne Merrill, 2003 The Great Allegheny Passage Companion: guide to history and heritage along the trail, Willian Metzgar, 2003 Hiking Pennsylvania, Rhonda Ostertag, 2002 Hike America Pennsylvania: an atlas of Pennsylvania's greatest hiking adventures, John Young, 2001 Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Western Pennsylvania: Walks and Day Hikes from the Laurel Highlands to Lake Erie, Tom Thwaites, March 2000 (Third edition) Great Natural Areas in Western Pennsylvania, Stephen J. Ostrander, March 2000 The Laurel Highlands, a hiking guide, Sierra Club Allegheny Group, 2000 50 Hikes in Western Pennsylvania, Tom Thwaites, 1997 Best Hikes with Children in Pennsylvania, Sally Trepanowski, 1996
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