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Henry Anderson III Community Park
Park
54 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Carrboro
Carrboro, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Carrboro is conserved land, roughly 516 acres. There are about 29 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Henry Anderson III Community Park (1.7 mi) and Adams Tract (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Carrboro, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Carrboro outdoors
Conserved land
12%
516 of 4,149 acres
Trails
29 mi
4.5 mi per sq mi · 17 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
24.4 mi
15.9 mi lanes · 6.0 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
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
Adams Tract
Nature preserve
28 acres0.8 mi of trail
Red TrailYellow Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Park
10 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
The Commons
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Who protects the land
516 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 16 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes15.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.5 mi
- Hogan Lake Trail (bike route)0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis52
- Basketball12
- Baseball9
- Soccer4
- Pickleball4
- Football3
- Beach volleyball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Carrboro and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrboro | 12.4% | 29.2 mi | 7 |
| Chapel Hill | 12% | 78.3 mi | 25 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Carrboro'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.