Phoenix Park
Managed by Navassa
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Navassa
7% of Navassa’s land is conserved: 575 acres
15 acres are parks and preserves, 7.2 per 1,000 residents. 2.2 miles of mapped trail cross Navassa, 0.2 per square mile of land. 72% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
575 acres · of 13.3 sq mi of land
Trails
2.2 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
7.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
72%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
2 boat launches
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Navassa have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Navassa is ahead of 49% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Navassa’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land7.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home72% 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 49%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. 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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
575 conserved acres
7% of Navassa’s land. Who manages Navassa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits439 ac
Town or city20 ac
State conservation10 ac
Not recorded135 ac
Conservation Easement · 432 acState Other or Unknown · 92 acLocal Other or Unknown · 43 acLocal Park · 20 acUnknown Easement · 18 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 432 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick River/Cape Fear River Marshes State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 92 | Restricted |
| Town of Navassa Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 35 | Unknown |
| Davis Creek Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Town of Leland Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 7 | Unknown |
| Navassa Township District Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Phoenix Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Reaves Chapel Preserve Private Conservation | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
Things to do
3 places to go in Navassa
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Navassa
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Navassa
2 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Navassa: 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 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 84 | 76 | 67 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
April is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.8 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Navassa →
Next door
Navassa and its neighbors
Navassa has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navassa | 7% | 0.2 | 7 | 72% | B− |
| Leland | 6% | 0.3 | 1 | 26% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Navassa
How much of Navassa is conserved land?
7% 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 Navassa’s trails?
Phoenix Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Navassa?
4,305 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Navassa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Navassa have?
Ahead of 49% 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 Navassa 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 →