Palo Alto Plantation · Photo: Tradewinds · CC BY-SA 3.08% of Piney Green’s land is conserved: 642 acres
43% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.1 miles of mapped trail cross Piney Green, 0.2 per square mile of land. 134 acres are parks and preserves, 9.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #125 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Piney Green have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Piney Green is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #125 of 290 in North Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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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642 conserved acres
8% of Piney Green’s land. Who manages Piney Green’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 58 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 9 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stones Creek Game Land State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 239 | Unknown |
| Camp Lejeune Military Land | Not recorded | 159 | Unknown |
| Onslow County Park Local Park | County | 134 | Open |
| Horse Swamp Preserve Private Conservation | Not recorded | 37 | Closed |
| NC Land and Water Fund Project State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 37 | Restricted |
| Onslow Bight Landscape Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 37 | Closed |
| NC Department of Transportation Mitigation Site State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 9 | Unknown |
| Onslow County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 6 | Unknown |
2 places to go in Piney Green
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.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Piney Green: 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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 59 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 75 | 66 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
April is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 7.4 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Piney Green →
Piney Green and its neighbors
Piney Green 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Green | 8% | 0.2 | 10 | 43% | C+ |
| Jacksonville | 59% | 1.0 | 10 | 40% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Piney Green
How much of Piney Green is conserved land?
8% 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 Piney Green?
11,325 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Piney Green or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 134 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Piney Green have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #125 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 Piney Green 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 →