1
Lake Wilson Reservoir Park
Managed by City of Wilson
122 acres1.7 mi of trail
Lake Wilson LoopLake Wilson Lopp
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Wilson
Wilson, NC parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.1% of Wilson is conserved land, roughly 847 acres. There are about 7.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Wilson Reservoir Park (1.7 mi) and Toisnot Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wilson, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wilson outdoors
Conserved land
4.1%
847 of 20,792 acres
Trails
7.6 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
18
18 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 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
Toisnot Park
Park
72 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Wilson Recreation Park Swimming Pool
Park
23 acres0.1 mi of trail
Hominy Swamp Greenway
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Greater Wilson Rotary Park
Managed by City of Wilson
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Greater Wilson Rotary Park Parking Area
All 18 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 18 parks & preserves
Lake Wilson Reservoir Park122 acres · 1.7 mi of trail · City of Wilson
Toisnot Park72 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Forest Hills Park4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Five Points park3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Wilson Recreation Park Swimming Pool23 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Greater Wilson Rotary Park11 acres · City of Wilson
Belle Meade Neighborhood Park8 acres
Merrimont Park5 acres
Ridgewood Park4 acres · City of Wilson
Williams Day Camp4 acres
Who protects the land
847 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 30 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 paths0.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis38
- Baseball20
- Soccer15
- Basketball7
- Softball6
- Football2
- Pickleball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wilson'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 36.9-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.