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White Deer Park
Park
138 acres2 mi of trail
White Deer TrailSouth Garner GreenwayWhite Deer Trails
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Garner
Garner, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.5% of Garner is conserved land, roughly 992 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in White Deer Park (2 mi), Lake Benson Park (0.9 mi), and South Garner Park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Garner, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Garner outdoors
Conserved land
7.5%
992 of 13,230 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
29 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
10.8 mi
0.6 mi lanes · 9.7 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
Lake Benson Park
Park
65 acres0.9 mi of trail
Lake Benson Woodland Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
South Garner Park
Park
33 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Creech Road Elementary School Park
Park
19 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Garner Recreational Park
Park
20 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
White Deer Park138 acres · 2 mi of trail
Lake Benson Park65 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
South Garner Park33 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Creech Road Elementary School Park19 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Garner Recreational Park20 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
Cloverdale Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lake Benson67 acres
Avery Street Recreation Park15 acres
Thompson Road Park14 acres · Town of Garner
Jaycee Park of Garner11 acres · Town of Garner
Who protects the land
992 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 112 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 44 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths9.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis22
- Soccer18
- Baseball18
- Basketball5
- Football3
- Beach volleyball2
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Garner and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garner | 7.5% | 12.2 mi | 15 |
| Raleigh | 16.1% | 106.4 mi | 172 |
| Fuquay-Varina | 1.9% | 2.7 mi | 14 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Garner'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 30.1-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.