Explore a Variety of Trails

Butler County’s expansive trail systems have you covered. If it’s hiking or biking, or sipping on brews or tasting sumptuous sweets, there’s lots to discover!

EARN FUN PRIZES ON TASTY TRAILS

Sweet Tooth Trail

The Two Fraus Bakery

Butler County’s Sweet Tooth Trail has more than 30 stops! This self-guided tour of bakeries, ice cream, and candy shops is full of flavor! You don’t have to finish in one day, but you’ll want to!

Coffee Connection

Cannella Cafe

Our Coffee Connection is more than java. It’s an aromatic adventure through charming towns with 16 stops full of your favorite lattes, frappés or chai teas. There’s some great baked goods, too!

Beer Circuit

Union Brothers Brewing

Julianne Helfrich

Butler County’s Beer Circuit is a “Passport to Hoppiness” as you navigate this self-guided trail of local brewpubs, taprooms, and a canning facility. You’ll find unique, local craft beers year-round.

PREMIERE HIKING TRAILS

The NCT runs through State Gamelands 95

Glacier Ridge Trail

Glacier Ridge Trail, a 15-mile system that winds through Jennings Environmental Education Center and Moraine State Park, is part of the North Country National Scenic Trail (NCT), which spans 4,600 miles over eight states from North Dakota to Vermont.

Blazing Star Trail & Prairie Loop Trail

Jennings Environmental Education Center has the Blazing Star Trail and Prairie Loop Trail, the only protected prairie in Pennsylvania. Visitors can hike on five miles of trails, but make sure to visit for the Blazing Star bloom in July.

Todd Nature Reserve

Todd Nature Reserve’s six miles of scenic hiking trails is operated by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. A myriad of bird species can be found along well-marked hiking trails passing through a hemlock-lined forest and crossing murmuring streams.

BIKING TRAILS

Butler-Freeport Community Trail

The Butler-Freeport Community Trail, a 21-mile, natural crushed limestone rail-trail with a gradual grade and enjoyed year-round by bicyclists and outdoor enthusiasts, travels the route of Butler County’s first railroad, connecting the towns of Butler and Freeport.

Biking at Moraine State Park

Moraine State Park’s two trails have something for all cyclists. Pedal the paved, seven-mile out-and-back path along Lake Arthur’s North Shore or take on the six-mile loop mountain bike course, named among the most technical trails in the world!

Bike Rental

Don’t want to bring your own bike? No problem! Just rent one from Spoke House Bike Rentals. They offer rentals for a variety of bikes like single, multi-gear, tag-a-longs, children and tandem, gear and child pull behinds.

Alameda Park

Alameda Singletrack, a 20-mile mountain bike and trail system, has 11 miles of completed trails, with the remainder under construction. Appropriate for all skill levels, the trails emphasize flow and fun over technical obstacles and rock gardens.

Alameda Park

Michelle Thomas

WASHINGTON’S TRAIL 1753

A HISTORIC DRIVING TRAIL

In 1753, George Washington headed a diplomatic expedition to order the French to evacuate the Ohio Country – now present-day western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. The journey included Washington’s near drowning and being nearly shot by an Indian guide in today’s Butler County. The French, however, refused to leave, signaling the start of the French and Indian War.

Relive the Butler County portion of this expedition on Washington’s Trail 1753, a drive-it-yourself tour marked by blue road signs with Washington’s silhouette. The trail is commemorative as sections of the actual path are debated, but offers interesting history about this mission.

To learn more go to: WashingtonsTrail.org

Washington's Trail, Harmony, PA