Pleasant Valley Park's 262 acres of woodlands, open fields, hilltops and remote valleys provide excellent areas for many outdoor activities year round. Anyone who enjoys being outdoors in a natural area, is likely to find something to like about Pleasant Valley Park.

Hiking
Pleasant Valley Park offers a wide variety of opportunities for hiking. A hiking trail plan has been developed, that will allow hikes of varying lengths and difficulty, by using combinations of trails through woods and existing old farm roads.  The park is also crossed by some utility right-of-ways that can also be used for hiking, although they have steep areas since they don't follow terrain contours.

The Pleasant Valley Park Volunteers completed a two mile section of trail that is open for hiking or mountain biking.  The trail, marked with yellow blazes starts just up hill from the parking lot.  The completed hiking trail is mostly in the woods and follows terrain contours.

There are several miles of old farm roads in the park that are great for pleasant walking and provide a return to the parking lot from the end of the two mile hiking trail. The farm roads are wide enough for several people to walk side by side, have been mowed, and have only a few small steeper areas. 

Pleasant Valley Park Trail Map Ver. 3 - 8 1/2" X 11" suitable for printing.

Dog Walking
Pleasant Valley Park is great for dog walking because of the size of the park. Like in any other Municipal park, it is important for the dog's master to maintain control over the dog, to prevent disturbing wildlife or other park visitors.  Be aware that the park is used for controlled hunting during deer season.

Cross-Country Skiing
The portion of the hiking trail completed is suitable for back-country type cross-country skiing and the opportunities will increase as additional trail segments are completed. The old farm roads are fairly wide and easier for cross-country skiing. If you want something really challenging try a few of the steep areas on the utility right-of-ways; but watch out because there are likely to be rough areas, rocks, and other dangers.

Mt. Bike Riding
There are currently 2.5 miles (5 miles round trip) of trail suitable for mt. bike riding in PV Park. The park also has about a mile of old farm roads that can be used to extend your ride or vary the route.

Geocaching
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache. Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

Hunting
Hunting in Pleasant Valley Park is limited to muzzle loader and archery seasons with prior certification and registration required by the Municipality of Murrysville. For more information call 724-327-2100 or visit the Municipal web site.