Alliance Recreation Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bayboro
12% of Bayboro’s land is conserved: 145 acres
35% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 5.7 per 1,000 residents. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Bayboro, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
12%
145 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
5.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
35%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Bayboro?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bayboro have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bayboro is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bayboro’s overall grade.
Conserved land12% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4BPark land5.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13CParks close to home35% of residents within a half mile of a park · NC 51% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 50%
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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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
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
145 conserved acres
12% of Bayboro’s land. Who manages Bayboro’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Not recorded144 ac
State Other or Unknown · 136 acLocal Recreation Area · 7 acLocal Other or Unknown · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pamlico Correctional Institution State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 136 | Restricted |
| Town of Bayboro - Joe Himbry Waterfront Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 6 | Unknown |
| Town of Bayboro Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 2 | Unknown |
| Pamlico County Parks and Recreation Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
Things to do
6 places to go in Bayboro
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Bayboro
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bayboro: 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) | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 55 | 58 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 74 | 65 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
April is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 7.1 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bayboro →
Next door
Bayboro and its neighbors
Bayboro has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayboro | 12% | 0.4 | 6 | 35% | B− |
| Alliance | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bayboro
How much of Bayboro is conserved land?
12% 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 Bayboro’s trails?
Alliance Recreation Park and Joe Himbry Waterfront Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bayboro?
2,189 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayboro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bayboro have?
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Bayboro 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 →