Ahoskie Memorial Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Roberts H. Jernigan House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainC+Outdoors
Outdoors in Ahoskie
8% of Ahoskie’s land is conserved: 219 acres
8 acres are parks and preserves, 1.7 per 1,000 residents. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Ahoskie, 0.2 per square mile of land. 63% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns · #135 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
219 acres · of 4.4 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
1.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
63%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Ahoskie?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ahoskie have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ahoskie is ahead of 42% of U.S. towns, #135 of 290 in North Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ahoskie’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land1.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home63% of residents within a half mile of a park · NC 51% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 42%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 54%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
219 conserved acres
8% of Ahoskie’s land. Who manages Ahoskie’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits1 ac
Not recorded307 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 211 acState Other or Unknown · 89 acLocal Recreation Area · 8 acUnknown Easement · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Ahoskie Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 123 | Unknown |
| NC Hazard Mitigation Buyout Property - Hertford County State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 89 | Unknown |
| Town of Ahoskie - Ahoskie Creek Recreational Complex Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 87 | Unknown |
| Town of Ahoskie - Ahoskie Memorial Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 7 | Open |
| Town of Ahoskie - Freddie Hall Memorial Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
Things to do
5 places to go in Ahoskie
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Ahoskie
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Baseball
5Tennis
1Basketball
1Volleyball
1Football
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Ahoskie: April and May
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 5.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ahoskie →
Questions about parks and trails in Ahoskie
How much of Ahoskie is conserved land?
8% of its land, against a typical 3% for a North Carolina town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Ahoskie’s trails?
Ahoskie Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ahoskie?
2,523 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ahoskie or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ahoskie have?
Ahead of 42% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #135 of 290 in North Carolina. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Ahoskie neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →