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Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area
Managed by Blue Ridge Conservancy
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Foscoe
Foscoe, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.9% of Foscoe is conserved land, roughly 327 acres. There are about 1.7 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Foscoe, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Foscoe outdoors
Conserved land
8.9%
327 of 3,692 acres
Trails
1.7 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
267 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
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Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park
Park
8 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Foscoe
Grandfather CampgroundFee
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 1.6 mi
- Bryan Booe Memorial Trail0.7 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
327 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 25 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 13 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Foscoe
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 280 acState Park 265 acUnknown Easement 136 acState Other or Unknown 113 acConservation Easement 84 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandfather Mountain State ParkState Park | Not recorded | 265 | Closed |
| Conservation Fund PreservePrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 157 | Closed |
| Blue Ridge Conservancy PreservePrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 123 | Access unknown |
| NC Land and Water Fund ProjectState Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 113 | Access unknown |
| Watauga County Open SpaceLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 13 | Access unknown |
| Blue Ridge ParkwaySpecial Designation Area | National Park Service | 8 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Sleepy Hollow LaneHistoric site
Byrd CemeteryCemetery
Calloway CemeteryCemetery
Shook CemeteryCemetery
Shull CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Foscoe and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foscoe | 8.9% | 1.7 mi | 2 |
| Seven Devils | 27.7% | 3.1 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Foscoe'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.