Mount Olive Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Southerland-Burnette House · Photo: Quincy Morgan · CC0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Mount Olive
Mount Olive has 7 acres of parks, 1.6 for every 1,000 residents
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Mount Olive, 0.1 per square mile of land. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #233 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
6 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
1.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Mount Olive?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Mount Olive have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Mount Olive is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #233 of 290 in North Carolina. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Mount Olive’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% 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. 0.4CPark land1.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home66% 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 18%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 20%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Mount Olive. 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.
UMO Arboretum
Park
1 acres0.1 mi of trail
UMO Arboretum
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Nelson Street Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
6 conserved acres
under 1% of Mount Olive’s land. Who manages Mount Olive’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city1 ac
Not recorded4 ac
Local Recreation Area · 4 acLocal Park · 1 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Mount Olive -Westbrook Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 4 | Open |
| Nelson Street Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | 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
2Softball
1Baseball
1Basketball
1Beach volleyball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Mount Olive: 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) | 54 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 83 | 74 | 64 | 57 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mount Olive →
Questions about parks and trails in Mount Olive
Where can I hike in Mount Olive?
The longest trail networks: UMO Arboretum, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Mount Olive 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.
Are dogs allowed on Mount Olive’s trails?
Mount Olive Park and UMO Arboretum don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Mount Olive?
1,218 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Mount Olive or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Mount Olive have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #233 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 Mount Olive 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 →