Allentown Parks & Recreation
You can register for events, rent a pavilion, host your own party or reserve a bandshell. Get full information by visiting the site.
Park Resources
The City of Allentown has more than 2000 acres ranging from active parks, lakes, rivers, rose gardens, passive parks, picnic areas, fishing streams and more.
The Trexler Trust
General Trexler is considered by many to be the Father of the Allentown Park System. Learn more about our great benefactor.
Allentown Parks Brochure
This brochure produced by Friends of the Allentown Parks features a map and brief overviews of all of the Allentown parks
Trexler Park
One of the jewels of the Allentown Park system, Trexler Park is located off of Springhouse Rd. in Allentown, Pa. Little Cedar Creek flows through the park to create a central pond. The park was created by a bequest of some 144 acres from his summer estate, Springwood Park, Gen. Harry Trexler gave us Trexler Park, which features a masterful equestrian statue of the founder of the Allentown park system. It's a great place to walk, ride your bike, or enjoy wide open green space.
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Lehigh Parkway
Lehigh Parkway is a large, 629-acre public park along the Little Lehigh Creek, this park we also owe to General Trexler. He owned the land on which the Lehigh Parkway exists today. The park features many scenic exercising trails in addition to bridle paths, a shooting range, and many fishing locations. The park includes the Lil-Le-Hi Trout Nursery, which hatches over 30,000 mature trout each year. The Museum of Indian Culture is located in the parkway.
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Cedar Creek Parkway
Another expansive jewel of the Allentown Parks system, Cedar Creek Parkway is a large area comprising Cedar Beach, the lake and its pool, a large playground for kids and families, the Malcolm Gross Rose Garden, and wide open green spaces, all within easy walking distance. Here, you will find paved walking paths suitable for bikes and pavillions for parties and barbeques.
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Jordan Creek Park
Jordan Creek winds through this 269-acre suburban oasis. This park offers a variety of options for active and passive recreation. Much of the park is a wooded area with trails for hiking, jogging, and biking at all levels. The area is excellent for bird watching and nature study. There is a great network of mountain bike trails, a nearby skate park, and community gardens. It's a nice mix of forest and wide open spaces.
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Li’l-Le-Hi Trout Nursery
The Li'l-Le-Hi Trout Nursery is located south of downtown Allentown on the edge of the Lehigh Parkway, just down the road from the Museum of Indian Culture. It's quite close to the Lehigh Parkway, which connects via paved pathways. The fish hatchery is one of the country's oldest continually operated trout nurseries, having been open along the banks of the Little Lehigh Creek since 1883. In the past, this nursery was even larger in size and has been operated by both the state and private individuals.
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West Park
Allentown's oldest park was originally designed as an arboretum, and again, General Trexler was the driving force behind the first city park. West Park has green spaces, walking paths, a historic fountain, and a band shell. The City of Allentown's Summer Concert Series offers multiple concerts weekly from May to September. These concerts are held at the historic West Park.
All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket and relax and enjoy the open-air concerts in our marvelous Allentown parks.
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