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Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve
Nature preserve
1,023 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 29% of Kitty Hawk is conserved land, roughly 1,511 acres. There are about 4.8 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve (1.3 mi) and Sandy Run (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Kitty Hawk, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Kitty Hawk outdoors
Conserved land
29%
1,511 of 5,278 acres
Trails
4.8 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
406 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.6 mi
3.6 mi lanes · 3.0 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
Sandy Run
Park
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Kitty Hawk Boat Ramp
Managed by Dare County
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Who protects the land
1,511 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 17 of 19 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 paths3.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis4
- Basketball1
- Pickleball1
- Beach volleyball1
- Golf1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Kitty Hawk and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitty Hawk | 28.6% | 4.8 mi | 3 |
| Southern Shores | 0.6% | 1.1 mi | 0 |
| Kill Devil Hills | 29.4% | 3.7 mi | 7 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Kitty Hawk'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.