1
Nags Head Woods Preserve
Nature preserve
398 acres1.8 mi of trail
Roanoke Trail (Red)Discovery TrailCenter Trail (Blue)Sweetgum Swamp Trail (Red)ADA Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Kill Devil Hills
Kill Devil Hills, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Kill Devil Hills is conserved land, roughly 1,059 acres. There are about 3.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Nags Head Woods Preserve (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kill Devil Hills, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Kill Devil Hills outdoors
Conserved land
29%
1,059 of 3,608 acres
Trails
3.7 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
136 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.1 mi
3.6 mi lanes · 5.9 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
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Managed by National Park Service
425 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Run Hill State Natural Area
Nature preserve
115 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve
Nature preserve
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 7 parks & preserves
- Kill Devil Hills Recreation Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Aviation Park5 ac · Directions
- Hayman Park2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,059 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 15 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 18 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis13
- Baseball7
- Soccer6
- Skate park2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Kill Devil Hills and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kill Devil Hills | 29.4% | 3.7 mi | 7 |
| Nags Head | 31.6% | 25.9 mi | 10 |
| Kitty Hawk | 28.6% | 4.8 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Kill Devil Hills'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.