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Running trails in Lebanon, PA
Lebanon has 14 trails in the directory — 2 paved and 2 on crushed gravel or dirt, 2 shaded, and 1 open 24 hours. 8 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 3,564 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
South Hills Park
4.7 ★★★★★ 993 reviews
Park with various athletic fields & courts, including disc golf, plus walking trail & picnic areas.
Stoever's Dam Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 588 reviews
Relaxed haven with a boating area and fishing dock, as well as trails for hiking, plus campsites.
Union Canal Tunnel Park South
4.5 ★★★★★ 539 reviews
Park offering a trail, picnicking, fishing, and boat rides.
Coleman Memorial Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 445 reviews
Roomy park with gardens, forest trails, athletic fields, picnic pavilions, an amphitheater & pool.
Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails
4.8 ★★★★★ 336 reviews
Paved and gravel trail popular for hiking and biking with views of wildlife.
Ironwood Community Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 297 reviews
Peaceful park featuring a clean playground and baseball facilities.
Lion's Lake Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 148 reviews
Small park featuring a play area, a lake to fish in and walking trails.
Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails
4.7 ★★★★★ 95 reviews
Flat rail trail for walking or biking, with views and maintained by volunteers.
Gloninger Woods Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 58 reviews
Small park with shade trees and a playground and ball fields.
Lebanon Valley Rail Trail Colebrook Trailhead
4 ★★★★☆ 1 reviews
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How to pick a trail in Lebanon
- Match the surface to your legs. Lebanon gives you a choice: 3 mixed, 2 paved, and 2 crushed gravel. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More mixed trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 1 trail in Lebanon is open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 8 of the 14 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 6 have trailhead parking, 8 have restrooms, and 1 has a water fountain in Lebanon. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 2 shaded, 6 that runners describe as quiet, 2 dog-friendly, and 1 smooth and wide enough for a stroller or a wheelchair. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
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