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Brown Mill Mountain Bike Trail
Managed by Concord Parks and Rec
40 acres4.3 mi of trail
Brown Mill Mountain Bike Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Concord
Concord, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of Concord is conserved land, roughly 694 acres. There are about 31 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Brown Mill Mountain Bike Trail (4.3 mi), James L. Dorton Park (1.6 mi), and Flowe Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Concord, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Concord outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
694 of 41,358 acres
Trails
31 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
6 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.9 mi
2.1 mi lanes · 5.6 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
James L. Dorton Park
Park
35 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Flowe Park
Park
22 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Les Myers Community Park
Managed by City of Concord
20 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Hartsell Park
Managed by Concord Parks & Rec
25 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Big Green
Managed by Allen Mills
3 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
J.W. (Mickey) McGee, Jr. Park
Managed by City of Concord Parks & Recreation
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 15 parks & preserves
- Moss Creek Nature Preserve33 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Beverly Hills Neighborhood Park3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Weddington Road Park70 ac · Directions
- George W. Liles Greenway7 ac · Directions
- CCYA Ballpark7 ac · Directions
- Wilson Street Park4 ac · Directions
- Gibson Ball Park4 ac · Directions
- Irish Buffalo Creek Greenway1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
694 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 46 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 13 of 35 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis86
- Baseball39
- Basketball25
- Golf24
- Softball12
- Soccer11
- Football9
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Concord and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 1.7% | 31.4 mi | 15 |
| Kannapolis | 2% | 4.4 mi | 7 |
| Harrisburg | 2% | 7.5 mi | 4 |
| Huntersville | 11.1% | 10.0 mi | 18 |
| Charlotte | 6.7% | 138.4 mi | 179 |
| Mount Pleasant | 16.9% | 2.0 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Concord'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 44.1-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.