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Jacksonville Commons
Park
63 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Jacksonville
Jacksonville, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 52% of Jacksonville is conserved land, roughly 18,871 acres. There are about 52 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Jacksonville Commons (1.3 mi), Beirut Memorial (1.1 mi), and Northeast Creek Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Jacksonville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Jacksonville outdoors
Conserved land
52%
18,871 of 36,655 acres
Trails
52 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 48 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
25
265 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
14.8 mi
2.6 mi lanes · 12.1 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
Beirut Memorial
Park
30 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Northeast Creek Park
Park
86 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Sturgeon City Park
Managed by City
28 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Richard Ray Park
Park
20 acres0.5 mi of trail
Commons Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Henderson Green
Park
9 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 25 parks & preserves
- Phillips Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Brookvalley Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- New River Aviation Memorial Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Challenge Course Park39 ac · Directions
- Woodlands Park36 ac · Directions
- Jack Amyette Park8 ac · Directions
- Rev. Wooten Park8 ac
- Jacksonville Landing7 ac
- Williamsburg Plantation Recreation Area6 ac
- Georgetown Park6 ac
- Kerr Street Park5 ac · Directions
- Wilson Bay Park4 ac
- Sherwood Park4 ac
- Mill Creek3 ac
- Riverwalk Park3 ac · Directions
- Waterfront Park2 ac · Directions
- L.P. Willingham Park1 ac · Directions
- Harold C. Agerholm Memorial Gun Park1 ac
- Northwoods Recreation Center1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
18,871 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 12 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 20 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes2.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths12.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- East Coast Greenway (NC/VA complementary route) (bike route)0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball45
- Basketball42
- Tennis34
- Football7
- Volleyball6
- Soccer5
- Beach volleyball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Jacksonville'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 37.7-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.