Chestnut Hills Preserve
Nature preserve
57 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors in Gerton
Mountains, trails & views in Gerton
About 40% of Gerton is conserved land, roughly 942 acres. There are about 9.4 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land
40%
942 of 2,370 acres
Trails
9.4 mi
2.5 mi per sq mi · 9 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Highest peak
3,780 ft
Blue Ridge Pastures
What kind of outdoors town is Gerton?
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The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Things to do
7 places to go in Gerton
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trails & water
4 named trails
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.2 mi
Wildcat Rock Trail3.2 mi
Strawberry Gap Trail1.1 mi
Bearwallow Mountain Trail0.3 mi
Orange Spur Trail0.1 mi
Who protects it
942 conserved acres
Who manages Gerton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits384 ac
Other state land106 ac
State natural resources72 ac
Not recorded598 ac
Private Conservation · 452 acUnknown Easement · 252 acState Other or Unknown · 146 acRanch Easement · 117 acOther Easement · 98 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 344 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 7 of 18 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserving Carolina - Florence Nature Preserve Private Conservation | Not recorded | 324 | Unknown |
| NC Land and Water Fund Conservation Agreement State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 107 | Restricted |
| Conserving Carolina - Wildcat Rock Private Conservation | Not recorded | 101 | Closed |
| NC Land and Water Fund Project State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 39 | Restricted |
| Conserving Carolina - Chimney View Private Conservation | Not recorded | 24 | Unknown |
| Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - Strawberry Gap Preserve Private Conservation | Not recorded | 3 | Closed |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
0.0 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 historic site to visit
Plus 1 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Gerton neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.