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Jetton Park
Park
89 acres3.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cornelius
Cornelius, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.2% of Cornelius is conserved land, roughly 683 acres. There are about 5.4 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jetton Park (3.5 mi) and Ramsey Creek County Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cornelius, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cornelius outdoors
Conserved land
8.2%
683 of 8,378 acres
Trails
5.4 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
21 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
16.9 mi
1.5 mi lanes · 15.0 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
Ramsey Creek County Park
Park
43 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bailey Road Park
Park
65 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Blythe Landing
Park
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 13 parks & preserves
Jetton Park89 acres · 3.5 mi of trail
Ramsey Creek County Park43 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Bailey Road Park65 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Torrence Chapel Park15 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Robbins Park8 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Cain Park1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Blythe Landing22 acres
Westmoreland Athletic Complex19 acres
Legion Park8 acres
Smithville Park7 acres
Who protects the land
683 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 4 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 29 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths15.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis46
- Baseball13
- Basketball7
- Pickleball4
- Soccer2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Cornelius and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelius | 8.2% | 5.4 mi | 13 |
| Huntersville | 11.1% | 10.0 mi | 18 |
| Davidson | 6.1% | 8.6 mi | 11 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cornelius'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.