Andrews-Moore House · Photo: James McGlothlin · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Lake Royale
4.3 miles of mapped trail cross Lake Royale, 0.7 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #259 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Lake Royale have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lake Royale is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #259 of 290 in North Carolina. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Water is 8% of Lake Royale’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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1 conserved acres
under 1% of Lake Royale’s land. Water is left out: Lake Royale has 6.5 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lake Royale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
1 places to go in Lake Royale
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Lake Royale: 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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lake Royale →
Questions about parks and trails in Lake Royale
How much of Lake Royale is conserved land?
under 1% 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.
Is there public land near Lake Royale?
994 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lake Royale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lake Royale have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #259 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 Lake Royale neighbors.
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 →