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Rural Hill Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
104 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Huntersville
Huntersville, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Huntersville is conserved land, roughly 2,995 acres. There are about 10 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rural Hill Nature Preserve (1.4 mi), Huntersville Athletic Park (0.9 mi), and Latta Nature Preserve (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Huntersville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Huntersville outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,995 of 26,938 acres
Trails
10 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
47 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
28.5 mi
10.7 mi lanes · 15.5 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
Huntersville Athletic Park
Park
47 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Latta Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
119 acres0.5 mi of trail
Hill Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Rosedale Nature park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Rural Hill Nature Preserve104 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
Huntersville Athletic Park47 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Latta Nature Preserve119 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Rosedale Nature park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
McDowell Creek Park69 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
John M. Holbrook Memorial Park14 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Stephen's Road Nature Preserve346 acres
Auten Nature Preserve239 acres
Torrence Creek Greenway206 acres
Robert C. Bradford Regional Park166 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Dog parks in Huntersville
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 2.1 mi
- Hill Trail0.2 mi
- Golden Lake Crescent0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Deschutes PondpondFerrelltown LakereservoirKelly LakeLake LuBudSheatina LakepondStillwell LakeWallace Pondpond
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,995 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 82 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 19 of 53 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes10.7 mi
- Off-road bike paths15.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis64
- Baseball26
- Basketball18
- Pickleball13
- Soccer12
- Football6
- Beach volleyball5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Huntersville
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Conservation Area 2,290 acLocal Park 1,032 acUnknown Easement 424 acLocal Other or Unknown 423 acLocal Recreation Area 193 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg County Open SpaceLocal Park | County | 1,081 | Open |
| City of Charlotte Open SpaceLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 372 | Access unknown |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - Stephen's Road Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 351 | Restricted |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - Gar Creek Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 341 | Restricted |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - Auten Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 245 | Restricted |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - McDowell Creek GreenwayLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 219 | Open |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - Torrence Creek GreenwayLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 175 | Open |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - R.C. Bradford ParkLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 166 | Restricted |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - Cook ParkLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 147 | Open |
| Mecklenburg County Open Space - Rural Hill Nature PreserveLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 145 | Restricted |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
Hugh Torrance HouseBuilding
Hugh Torrance House & StoreHouse
Hugh Torrance StoreBuilding
Caldwell Presbyterian CemeteryCemetery
Gilead Church CemeteryCemetery
Hopewell Presbyterian Church CemeteryCemetery
Huntersville AME Zion Church CemeteryCemetery
Huntersville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church CemeteryCemetery
Huntersville Baptist Church CemeteryCemetery
Mount Olive Church CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Huntersville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Huntersville'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-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.