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Boone Greenway
Managed by Watauga County
277 acres5.3 mi of trail
Kennedy Trails - Heustess HillKennedy Trails - Weaver RidgeClark CurveKennedy TrailsKennedy Trails - Maymead Landing
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Boone
Boone, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Boone is conserved land, roughly 527 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Boone Greenway (5.3 mi), Arborcrest Gardens (2 mi), and Appalachian State University Nature Preserve (1.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Boone, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Boone outdoors
Conserved land
13%
527 of 4,079 acres
Trails
15 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
26 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.8 mi
3.7 mi lanes · 6.7 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.
2
Arborcrest Gardens
Park
24 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Appalachian State University Nature Preserve
Managed by Appalachian State University
97 acres1.7 mi of trail
Windmill Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Top of the Rock
4
Strawberry Hill Arboretum
Managed by Town of Boone
8 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 11 parks & preserves
- Brookshire Park35 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Durham Park6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Watauga Recreation Complex20 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Junaluska City Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Optimist Club of Boone6 ac · Directions
- Jaycee Park2 ac · Directions
- Sanford Mall1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
527 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 19 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 18 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis20
- Baseball10
- Basketball5
- Soccer5
- Football2
- Multi-sport2
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Boone'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.