Wake County Parks:
Wake County Division of Parks, Recreation and Open Space manages numerous parks, nature preserves and trails throughout the county.
286 Property:
The 286 Property is on airport property and leased to the county with 7 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails.
American Tobacco Trail:
American Tobacco Trail is a 22-mile rails-to-trails project leading from downtown Durham to southern Wake County. The Wake County portion of the trail is managed by Wake County Parks.
Blue Jay Point County Park:
Blue Jay Point is a park on a peninsula on Falls Lake with hiking trails, environmental education, and ziplining.
Crowder District Park:
Crowder District Park is a small park near Apex with picnic areas and short trails around a pond.
Green Hills County Park:
Green Hills County Park is a former landfill that has been re-purposed into a park and open space.
Harris Lake County Park:
Harris Lake County Park lies on a peninsula on its namesake lake, a cooling water reservoir for Shearon-Harris nuclear power plant.
Historic Yates Mill County Park:
Historic Yates Mill County Park protects one of the only remaining operating mills in Wake County.
Lake Crabtree County Park:
Lake Crabtree County Park surrounds the flood control lake in Morrisville and has hiking trails, mountain bike trails, and boat rentals on the lake.
Robertson Millpond Preserve:
Robertson Millpond Preserve protects an old millpond that has become a cypress swamp, unique in Wake County.
Sandy Pines Preserve:
Sandy Pines Preserve is the largest tract owned by the county with more than six miles of hiking and equestrian trails.
Turnipseed Nature Preserve:
Turnipseed Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in southeast Wake County near Wendell.
Other Park Areas:
Besides county parks, there are several other federal, state, local and private areas for hiking and outdoor recreation in Wake County.
Falls Lake:
Falls Lake is an Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project that provides drinking water to Raleigh and surrounding communities as well as outdoor recreation activities.
Falls Lake State Recreation Area:
Falls Lake State Recreation Area is a state park consisting of multiple recreation sites along the shore of Falls Lake. Shinleaf Recreation Area, Beaverdam Lake Day-Use Area and Sandling Beach Day-Use Area are located in Wake County.
Knightdale Greenway
The town of Knightdale in eastern Wake County has a 3-mile Greenway trail that connects the town to Neuse River Trail and the extended greenway network.
Morrisville Greenway
Morrisville has a small, but growing Greenway system nestled between Cary and RDU airport.
North Carolina Museum of Art
The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh has two buildings of exhibits and a 164-acre park with trails and outdoor artwork.
Raleigh Parks:
The City of Raleigh has a number of parks and greenways throughout the county.
- Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve
- Capital Area Greenway
- Durant Nature Preserve
- Forest Ridge Park
- Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
- Lake Johnson Park and Nature Preserve
- Lake Lynn Park
- Shelley Lake Park
Wake Forest Greenway:
The town of Wake Forest in northern Wake County has a growing Greenway System with about 15 miles of trail.
William B. Umstead State Park:
William B. Umstead State Park is located between Raleigh, Cary and RDU Airport and provides an oasis of nature in the midst of rapid development.
External Links:
Wake County Parks and Recreation website: https://www.wake.gov/departments-government/parks-recreation-open-space
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