Outdoors · Avon

Avon, NC parks, trails & bike paths

About 13% of Avon is conserved land, roughly 196 acres. There are about 5.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cape Hatteras National Seashore (3.3 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Avon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Avon outdoors

Conserved land
13%
196 of 1,504 acres
Trails
5.6 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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

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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.
1

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Managed by National Park Service
129 acres3.3 mi of trail
Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Avon
Avon Village Playground
Directions
Kavon Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 4.6 mi
  • Mountains-to-Sea Trail2.9 mi
  • beach access0.1 mi
Who protects the land

196 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service
195 ac
State conservation
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis6

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Avon

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Lakeshore or Seashore 195 acConservation Easement 1 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Cape Hatteras National SeashoreNational Lakeshore or SeashoreNational Park Service195Open
History

Historic places to visit

Ellis A. Gray Sr. Family Burial GroundCemetery
Kinnakeet Community CemeteriesCemetery
Scarborough CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Avon'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 20-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.

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