1
Lake Davidson Nature Preserve
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Davidson
Davidson, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 6.1% of Davidson is conserved land, roughly 261 acres. There are about 8.6 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Davidson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Davidson outdoors
Conserved land
6.1%
261 of 4,307 acres
Trails
8.6 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.8 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 10.5 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
West Branch Nature Preserve
Managed by Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
90 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Roosevelt Wilson Park
Park
13 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Beaver Dam
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Lake Davidson Nature Preserve9 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
West Branch Nature Preserve90 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
Parham Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Roosevelt Wilson Park13 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Forest Park Playground2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Beaver Dam9 acres
McEver Fields7 acres
River Run Athletic Park7 acres
Plum Creek Park5 acres
Faulkner Square Park1 acres
Who protects the land
261 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 25 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths10.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis22
- Basketball6
- Pickleball6
- Baseball4
- Multi-sport1
- Field hockey1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Davidson and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson | 6.1% | 8.6 mi | 11 |
| Cornelius | 8.2% | 5.4 mi | 13 |
| Kannapolis | 2% | 4.4 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Davidson'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.