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Apex Nature Park
Park
156 acres2 mi of trail
Holly Loop TrailPine Loop TrailFern Loop TrailBeaver Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Apex Nature Park
Outdoors · Apex
Apex, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Apex is conserved land, roughly 712 acres. There are about 5.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Apex Nature Park (2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Apex, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Apex outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
712 of 17,408 acres
Trails
5.5 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
48.5 mi
5.2 mi lanes · 43.3 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Seymour Athletic Fields
Park
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Apex Nature ParkPine Loop Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Apex Community Park
Park
160 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Pleasant Park
Managed by Town of Apex
89 acres
Dog rules not recorded
All 25 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 25 parks & preserves
Apex Nature Park156 acres · 2 mi of trail
Seymour Athletic Fields17 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Apex Community Park160 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Apex Town Campus15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Pleasant Park89 acres · Town of Apex
Shepherd's Vineyard Recreation and Greenway46 acres
Duke Energy: Harris Nuclear Plant28 acres
Kelly Road Park25 acres
Apex Jaycee Park20 acres
Salem Pond Park13 acres · Town of Apex
Who protects the land
712 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 34 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 36 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes5.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths43.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis48
- Baseball22
- Basketball16
- Soccer13
- Pickleball12
- Beach volleyball7
- Football6
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Apex and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex | 4.1% | 5.5 mi | 25 |
| Cary | 9.3% | 45.7 mi | 68 |
| Holly Springs | 9.6% | 11.3 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Apex's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 27.5-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.