Kings Grant Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Kings Grant
Few parks or trails are on the map in Kings Grant
9 acres are parks and preserves, 1.0 per 1,000 residents. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Kings Grant’s land is conserved, about 144 acres.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #235 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
144 acres · of 4.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
9 ac
1.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
32%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Kings Grant have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kings Grant is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #235 of 290 in North Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Kings Grant’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4DPark land1.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (9 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home32% 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 17%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 19%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Kings Grant. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. 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
144 conserved acres
5% of Kings Grant’s land. Who manages Kings Grant’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land54 ac
State conservation12 ac
County7 ac
Not recorded172 ac
State Other or Unknown · 90 acLocal Other or Unknown · 83 acUnknown Easement · 54 acConservation Easement · 12 acLocal Park · 7 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hanover County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 83 | Unknown |
| NC Department of Transportation Mitigation Site State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 61 | Unknown |
| NC Land and Water Fund Conservation Agreement State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 29 | Restricted |
| New Hanover County Park Local Park | County | 7 | Open |
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
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Kings Grant: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 84 | 76 | 67 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
April is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 8.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kings Grant →
Next door
Kings Grant and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Grant | 5% | under 0.1 | 1 | 32% | C− |
| Wilmington | 4% | 0.3 | 7 | 66% | B− |
| Wrightsboro | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 12% | D |
| Murraysville | 12% | 0.8 | 22 | 58% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Kings Grant
How much of Kings Grant is conserved land?
5% 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 Kings Grant’s trails?
Kings Grant Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Kings Grant?
4,922 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kings Grant or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kings Grant have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #235 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 Kings Grant 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 →