Kellman and Skena Nature Reservers

The Kellman and Skena Nature Reserves are a quiet oasis in one of the most densely populated areas of town and is a hidden jewel.  These wooded, somewhat hilly, relaxing areas offer several loop trails to find solitude or a quiet walk with your dog.  There is a small stream at the bottom of the valley.  The pond shown above is in the Skena Reserve, which is just upstream from the Kellman Reserve. Parking for the Kellman Reserver is available at the end of Kellman Drive and the end of Evergreen Drive.

The forthcoming Peter and Victoria Skena Reserve will be a 22-acre Murrysville conservation-oriented park fronting on North Hills Road. This predominantly forested property forms a bowl with a pond at the bottom that is the headwater of the stream running through the adjacent 56-acre Lillian Kellman Nature Reserve. Part of the boundary dividing the Kellman and (future) Skena reserves actually runs along the dam of the pond. The Skena Reserve is not yet open for public use.