Recreation in the BSCW

Places to Fish:

  • Plum Street Park (creek and fishing access, rentable picnic shelter, volleyball, basketball, restrooms)

  • Linbrook Park (creek and fishing access, hiking trails ball fields, soccer fields, lacrosse field, picnic shelters, playgrounds, disc golf)

  • Cooney Hollow Road (public fishing and creek access, hunting, trails, swimming hole, bird watching)

  • Hoenig Road (public fishing and creek access)

Places to Hike:

  • Linbrook Park (creek and fishing access, hiking trails ball fields, soccer fields, lacrosse field, picnic shelters, playgrounds, disc golf)

  • Linbrook Woodlands Conservation Area (Allegheny Land Trust conservation area, adjacent to Linbrook Park, hiking trails, permit-only hunting, Allegheny County Natural Heritage Inventory)

  • Bell Acres Nature Park (200+ acre greenspace with nature trail and birdwatching)

  • Beadnell Slopes Conservation Area (Allegheny Land Trust conservation area, hiking trails, permit-only hunting, Allegheny County Natural Heritage Inventory Area)

  • State Gamelands 203 (1,200+ acres, hunting, gun range, hiking trails)

  • Economy Park (pool, rentable shelters and barn, hiking trails, playgrounds, tennis, volleyball, disc golf)

  • Cooney Hollow Road (public fishing and creek access, hunting, trails, swimming hole, bird watching)

Places to Hunt:

Playgrounds:

  1. Mound Street Park (playground, softball field)

  2. Ambridge Avenue Playground (gazebo, playground, courts, Little Free Library)

  3. Bell Acres Municipal Park (pavilion, playground, basketball courts, volleyball)

  4. Economy Municipal Park (playgrounds, rentable shelter, tennis court, deck hockey)

  5. Recreation Drive Park (playgrounds, basketball, volleyball)

  6. Economy Park (pool, rentable shelters and barn, hiking trails, playgrounds, tennis, volleyball, disc golf)

Hiking Trails in the Watershed