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Wendell Park
Park
31 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Wendell
Wendell, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.8% of Wendell is conserved land, roughly 300 acres. There are about 2.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wendell Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wendell, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wendell outdoors
Conserved land
4.8%
300 of 6,199 acres
Trails
2.5 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
23 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 6.7 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
Hollybrook Park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Cedamere park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Wendell
Unnamed playground in Wendell Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
300 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 16 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 paths6.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Pickleball4
- Baseball3
- Tennis2
- Basketball2
- Volleyball1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Wendell
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Recreation Area 288 acConservation Easement 125 acLocal Conservation Area 64 acUnknown Easement 60 acState Other or Unknown 36 ac
Showing 1–10 of 13 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County Open Space - OS-093Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 125 | Open |
| Town of Wendell Open Space - OS-030Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 78 | Open |
| Wendell ParkLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 37 | Access unknown |
| NC Land and Water Fund Conservation AgreementState Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 36 | Restricted |
| Wake County Open SpaceLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 35 | Open |
| Buffalo Creek Cypress SwampLocal Conservation Area | Private owners | 24 | Open |
| Town of Wendell Open SpaceLocal Recreation Area | Not recorded | 21 | Open |
| Wake County Open Space LandLocal Recreation Area | County | 20 | Open |
| Thompson FieldLocal Recreation Area | County | 5 | Open |
| Unknown ParkLocal Conservation Area | Town or city | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Jefferson Green TributeMonument
Greenmont CemeteryCemetery
Hephzibah Baptist Church CemeteryCemetery
Nowell CemeteryCemetery
Richardson Homeplace CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Wendell and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell | 4.8% | 2.5 mi | 3 |
| Zebulon | 2.4% | 0.7 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wendell'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.