Freedom Park
Managed by Town Of Liberty
24 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Matt Tillett from Cumberland, MD, USA · CC BY 2.0B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Liberty
Liberty has 229 acres of parks, 85 for every 1,000 residents
11% of Liberty’s land is conserved, about 220 acres. The biggest trail networks: Freedom Park (0.5 mi). 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Liberty, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 71% of U.S. towns · #48 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
11%
220 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
229 ac
85 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
61%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Liberty?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Liberty have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Liberty is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns, #48 of 290 in North Carolina. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Liberty’s overall grade.
Conserved land11% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land85 acres of park per 1,000 residents (229 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13AParks close to home61% 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 71%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 84%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
The longest trail network is Freedom Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Paul Henry Smith Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
220 conserved acres
11% of Liberty’s land. Who manages Liberty’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city220 ac
Not recorded22 ac
Local Park · 220 acLocal Recreation Area · 22 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph County Park Local Park | Town or city | 220 | Open |
| Town of Liberty - Freedom Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 22 | Unknown |
Things to do
4 places to go in Liberty
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Liberty
4 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
4Baseball
3Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
Liberty Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2000
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Liberty: April to June
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 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 62 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.8 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Liberty →
Questions about parks and trails in Liberty
Where can I hike in Liberty?
The longest trail networks: Freedom Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Liberty is conserved land?
11% 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 Liberty’s trails?
Freedom Park and Paul Henry Smith Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Liberty?
1,364 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Liberty or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 229 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Liberty have?
Ahead of 71% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #48 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 Liberty 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 →