Stanback Park
Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: DiscoA340 · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Mount Gilead
Few parks or trails are on the map in Mount Gilead
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Mount Gilead, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Mount Gilead’s land is conserved, about 31 acres. 22 acres are parks and preserves, 19 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
31 acres · of 3.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
22 ac
19 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
37%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mount Gilead have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Gilead is ahead of 30% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mount Gilead’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land19 acres of park per 1,000 residents (22 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home37% 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 30%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Mount Gilead. 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 C− 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
31 conserved acres
1% of Mount Gilead’s land. Who manages Mount Gilead’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Not recorded31 ac
Local Recreation Area · 19 acLocal Other or Unknown · 13 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Mount Gilead - Stanback Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 19 | Unknown |
| Montgomery County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 7 | Unknown |
| Town of Mount Gilead Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 6 | Unknown |
Things to do
2 places to go in Mount Gilead
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Mount Gilead
2 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
5Tennis
2Basketball
2Softball
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).
Mount Gilead Downtown Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2005
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Mount Gilead: 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) | 53 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 88 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 4.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Gilead →
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Gilead
How much of Mount Gilead is conserved land?
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.
Are dogs allowed on Mount Gilead’s trails?
Stanback Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mount Gilead?
22,204 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Gilead or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 22 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Gilead have?
Ahead of 30% 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 Mount Gilead 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 →