Outdoors · Rutherfordton

Rutherfordton, NC parks, trails & bike paths

About 3.7% of Rutherfordton is conserved land, roughly 99 acres. Rutherfordton has 3 named parks and preserves on the map.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Rutherfordton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Rutherfordton outdoors

Conserved land
3.7%
99 of 2,677 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
27 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.5 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.5 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

123
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.
1

Crestview Park

Park
26 acres0.3 mi of trail
Crestview Park Walking Path
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

Kiwanis Park

Managed by Town of Rutherfordton
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Rutherfordton Clubhouse

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

99 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
24 ac
Not recorded
74 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 5 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths2.5 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Baseball6
  • Pickleball4
  • Tennis4
  • Basketball3
  • Football1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Next door

Rutherfordton and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Rutherfordton3.7%0.4 mi3
Spindale0.9%0.1 mi2
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Rutherfordton'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.

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