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Burlington City Park
Park
87 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Burlington
Burlington, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.1% of Burlington is conserved land, roughly 1,269 acres. There are about 6.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Burlington City Park (2.2 mi), Fairchild Park (1 mi), and Joe Davidson Park (1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Burlington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Burlington outdoors
Conserved land
6.1%
1,269 of 20,917 acres
Trails
6.6 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.4 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
Fairchild Park
Managed by Burlington Recreation & Parks
40 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Joe Davidson Park
Park
38 acres1 mi of trail
Bankers and Shippers Walking Track
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Guilford Mackintosh Park & Marina
Park
84 acres0.6 mi of trail
Guilford Mackintosh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Willowbrook Park
Park
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 16 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 16 parks & preserves
Burlington City Park87 acres · 2.2 mi of trail
Fairchild Park40 acres · 1 mi of trail · Burlington Recreation & Parks
Joe Davidson Park38 acres · 1 mi of trail
Guilford Mackintosh Park & Marina84 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Willowbrook Park11 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Emira Community Park5 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Springwood Park79 acres
Town And Country Park Ii53 acres
North Park25 acres
Northwest Park9 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Burlington
Showing 1–10 of 38 playgrounds
Auburn Trace Community Playground
Mackintosh Playgroiund
Unnamed playground in Guilford Mackintosh Park & Marina
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Springwood Park
Unnamed playground in Joe Davidson Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 2.3 mi
- Guilford Mackintosh Trail0.6 mi
- Bankers and Shippers Walking Track0.5 mi
- Haw River Trail0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
Father Benko PondGant LakeMays LakePardue PondpondRachel LochpondRun Off PondpondShamrock Golf Course LakeShannon LochpondSnoffers LakereservoirWoodruff Basin
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,269 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 28 parcels. 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 paths2.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Baseball25
- Soccer14
- Basketball11
- Pickleball6
- Beach volleyball2
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Burlington
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Other or Unknown 904 acLocal Recreation Area 238 acLocal Park 190 acConservation Easement 7 acAgricultural Easement 2 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Burlington Open SpaceLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 902 | Access unknown |
| Guilford County ParkLocal Park | County | 99 | Open |
| City of Burlington - Burlington City ParkLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 78 | Open |
| City of Burlington - Town and Country Nature ParkLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 52 | Open |
| Fairchild ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 39 | Open |
| City of Burlington - Joe C. Davidson ParkLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 39 | Open |
| City of Burlington - North ParkLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 29 | Open |
| Lake Mackintosh Park & MarinaLocal Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| City of Burlington - Burlington ArboretumLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 12 | Open |
| Willowbrook ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Brown's Chapel CemeteryCemetery
Northlawn CemeteryCemetery
Pine Hill CemeteryCemetery
Springwood CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Burlington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Burlington'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 36.2-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.