1
Legend Park
Managed by Clayton Parks & Recreation
65 acres4.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Clayton
Clayton, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Clayton is conserved land, roughly 1,334 acres. There are about 7.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Legend Park (4.1 mi), East Clayton Community Park (1.2 mi), and Clayton Community Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Clayton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Clayton outdoors
Conserved land
12%
1,334 of 10,995 acres
Trails
7.3 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
12
45 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
26.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 26.0 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
East Clayton Community Park
Park
77 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Clayton Community Park
Park
25 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bailey and Sarah Williamson Nature Preserve and River Walk (Town of Clayton)
Nature preserve
348 acres0.5 mi of trail
Bootleggers' Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 12 parks & preserves
- Clayton Municipal Park20 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Sam's Branch Greenway5 ac · Directions
- Riverwood Park - Open Fields5 ac
- Clayton River Walk1 ac · Directions
- All-Star Park1 ac
- Clayton Town Square1 ac · Directions
- Horne Square1 ac · Directions
- Riverwood Park and Play1 ac
Who protects the land
1,334 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 5 of 14 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 paths26.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Baseball14
- Soccer6
- Beach volleyball2
- Pickleball2
- Basketball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Clayton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton | 12.1% | 7.3 mi | 12 |
| Archer Lodge | 0.1% | 0.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Clayton'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 26.4-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.