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Hydetown, Pleasantville, Centerville Boroughs Each of these Boroughs provides parks for their residents and has elementary schools with park facilities located within the municipalities. With two facilities, Hasbrouk Park and Hydetown Elementary School, the park needs of residents of Hydetown Borough are sufficiently met. Hasbrouk Park needs significant improvements to maintain its safety and usability if it is to continue to serve Borough residents. Pleasantville Borough has three park facilities; Merrick Street Ballfields, Pleasantville Elementary School, and Lion’s Club Park and Pavilion. Combined, these facilities meet the recreational needs of Pleasantville residents. Centerville has a park that has a limited number of recreational facilities. While the size of the parks is sufficient to meet the Borough’s recreational needs, the facilities need to be upgraded and expanded. The Spatial Analysis map below graphically depicts the distribution of parks in the City of Titusville. 28
REGIONAL RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES Municipal boundary lines do not limit the destinations to which residents will travel to use recreation facilities. It is important to consider the regional recreation opportunities beyond borders of the Titusville School District when taking an inventory of recreation facilities used by residents. The following describes some of these facilities. These facilities are also displayed on a map at the end of this section. These regional facilities are classified as: Large Urban Parks, Natural Resource Areas, and Greenways in the park classifications described earlier in this chapter; and as Park Trails in the trail classifications. Within about twenty to twenty-five miles of the City of Titusville lie many of these types of facilities. These include: three county parks in each of Crawford, Venango and Venango Counties; three Pennsylvania State Parks; two State Forests; one county forest; and the Allegheny National Recreation area. Regional shared-use trails include the Erie-to- Pittsburgh Trail, Sandy Creek/Clarion Highlands Trail, Lake Wilhelm Trail, and the Ernst Trail. The nationally recognized North Country Trail passes through the region as well, and the Allegheny National Forests includes a series of trails for multiple types of use. Regional Trails A regional trail system presents recreational and alternative transportation opportunities for nearly any desired trail use. Regional trails are available for a multitude of uses including hiking, biking, mountain biking, horseback riding, ATVing, and more. NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL The North Country National Scenic Trail is a premier footpath that stretches for about 4,600 miles linking communities, forests, and prairies across seven northern states, with more than 1,800 miles being certified for off-road use. Additional miles follow shared paths, and some road walks yet remain. In the Titusville Region, the trail travels through Clarion, Forest, and Warren Counties. Pennsylvania claims 104 miles of the North County Trail (NCT), ninety-five miles of which meander through the rolling hills and stream valleys of the Allegheny National Forest. Marked with blue paint and/or plastic nailed blazes and routed wooden signs, this northwestern Pennsylvania trail is one of the more established along the route of the NCT. MULTI‐USE TRAILS Erie-to-Pittsburgh Trail The Erie-to-Pittsburgh Trail is a series of local connecting trails that have been developed or are being planned to connect the City of Pittsburgh with to Erie. The trail begins at the “Point” in the heart of Pittsburgh and travels through Allegheny, Armstrong, Venango, Crawford, and Erie Counties in Pennsylvania and Chautauqua County in New York State to the “Bayfront” in Erie. As well, the trail includes a number of connector trails linking local municipalities, 29
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Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary The Titusville ar
Page 9 and 10: The City should involve the sports
Page 11 and 12: Introduction COMPREHENSIVE RECREATI
Page 13: HOW TO USE THIS PLAN Titusville’s
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Page 30 and 31: • 2 tennis courts • BMX track
Page 32 and 33: Facilities • 2 Baseball/softball
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Page 60 and 61: No. Issue 1 There are lots of parks
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Page 77 and 78: c. Improve the parks and recreation
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Page 85 and 86: Benefits of Greenways Economic Bene
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Page 89 and 90: Titusville Comprehensive Recreation
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