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Hardee Lane Park
Park
18 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Whispering Pines
Whispering Pines, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of Whispering Pines is conserved land, roughly 347 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hardee Lane Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Whispering Pines, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Whispering Pines outdoors
Conserved land
12%
347 of 2,892 acres
Trails
16 mi
3.6 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
67 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Whisper Grove Park
Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Princess Gate Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Summerfield Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Whispering Pines
Fly Rod Lake Boat Ramp
Little River Marina Boat Ramp
Pine Lake Boat Ramp
Shadow Lake Boat Ramp
Spring Valley Lake Boat RampIn Spring Valley Lake Park
Thagard Lake Boat Ramp
Whisper Lake Boat Ramp
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch in Spring Valley Lake Park
Unnamed boat launch
Water
Lakes & rivers
Blue LakereservoirCardinal LakelakeFly Rod LakereservoirPine LakereservoirShadow LakereservoirSpring Valley LakereservoirThagard LakereservoirWhisper LakereservoirLittle River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
347 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 338 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 3 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Golf21
- Basketball2
- Skate park2
- Pickleball2
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Whispering Pines
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Other Easement 338 acUnknown Easement 8 acLocal Park 8 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore County ParkLocal Park | County | 8 | Open |
Nearby
Whispering Pines and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 12% | 16.0 mi | 7 |
| Southern Pines | 7.6% | 30.7 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Whispering Pines'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.