Outdoors · Suffolk
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About 16% of Suffolk is conserved land, roughly 42,307 acres. There are about 285 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (34.9 mi), South Quay Sandhills Natural Area Preserve (19.9 mi), and Lone Star Lakes Park (7.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Suffolk, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
16%
42,307 of 273,082 acres
Trails
285 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 70 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
28
428 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.1 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 4.7 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
34,901 acres34.9 mi of trail
Jericho Ditch Trail Pines Trail Camp Ditch Trail West Ditch Boardwalk
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 South Quay Sandhills Natural Area Preserve Nature preserve
2,994 acres19.9 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
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1,001 acres7.2 mi of trail
Horseback Trail Archery Range Trail Double Decker Trail Field Trail Long Leaf Pine Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
57 acres1.4 mi of trail
Bennett's Creek Park Nature Trail Bennett's Creek Nature Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
53 acres1.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
6 Constant's Wharf Park Park
10 acres0.6 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
7 Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Nature preserve
20 acres0.5 mi of trail
Field Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
8 Cypress Park and Pool Managed by City of Suffolk
32 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
All 28 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 28 parks & preserves
🌲 Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge 34,901 acres · 34.9 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
🌲 South Quay Sandhills Natural Area Preserve 2,994 acres · 19.9 mi of trail
🌳 Lone Star Lakes Park 1,001 acres · 7.2 mi of trail
🌳 Bennett's Creek Park 57 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
🌳 Lake Meade Park 53 acres · 1.4 mi of trail
🌳 Constant's Wharf Park 10 acres · 0.6 mi of trail
🌲 Wildlife Habitat Enhancement 20 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
🌳 Cypress Park and Pool 32 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · City of Suffolk
🌲 Long Leaf Pine Enhancement 12 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
🌳 Lake Kennedy Park 14 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · City of Suffolk
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Peaks in Suffolk Show all on map
⛰️ Baines Hill 66 ft elevation
⛰️ Knob Hill 26 ft elevation
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 35.3 mi Horses 1.4 mi Unpaved 43.9 mi
Showing 1–10 of 12 trails
Jericho Ditch Trail 1.8 mi Horseback Trail 1.4 mi Archery Range Trail 1.1 mi Field Trail 0.9 mi Bennett's Creek Park Nature Trail 0.8 mi Long Leaf Pine Trail 0.7 mi Double Decker Trail 0.5 mi Pines Trail 0.4 mi Camp Ditch Trail 0.4 mi Bennett's Creek Nature Trail 0.4 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 50 places
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Who protects the land
42,307 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
71,006 ac State conservation
3,940 ac State natural resources
819 ac Land trusts & nonprofits
713 ac American Indian Lands
521 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,522 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 69 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 0.4 mi Off-road bike paths 4.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 0.0 mi East Coast Greenway (NC/VA complementary route) (bike route) 1.4 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 55 Baseball 39 Soccer 23 Basketball 13 Tracks 8 Football 6 Softball 5 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Suffolk
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 71,006 ac State Conservation Area 5,671 ac Local Park 2,698 ac Conservation Easement 1,382 ac Other Easement 1,283 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 69,901 Restricted South Quay Sandhills State Natural Area Preserve State Conservation Area State conservation 5,671 Restricted Lone Star Lakes Local Park Not recorded 2,181 Open Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 849 Restricted South Quay State Forest State Resource Management Area State natural resources 527 Open Nansemond Indian Nation Holding Native American Land Area American Indian Lands 521 Closed Great Dismal Swamp Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 270 Closed Lake Kilby Park Local Park Not recorded 166 Open Tnc Land Holding Private Conservation Land trusts & nonprofits 160 Closed South Quay Sandhills State Wilderness State conservation 160 Restricted
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 31 places
🏛️ Great Dismal Swamp Historical Marker Plaque
🏛️ Suffolk Historic District District
🏛️ Nansemond Lighthouse Historic site
🪦 Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Barrett Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Belleville Cemetery Cemetery
🪦 Brinkley Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Conditions & tips from neighbors
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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 90.6-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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