Seven Lakes North park
Park
11 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
James Bryant House · Photo: Cohee · CC BY-SA 4.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Seven Lakes
Few parks or trails are on the map in Seven Lakes
4.8 miles of mapped trail cross Seven Lakes, 0.6 per square mile of land. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 33 acres are parks and preserves, 7.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #167 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
57 acres · of 8.4 sq mi of land
Trails
4.8 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
33 ac
7.3 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
30%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
7
3 boat launches
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Seven Lakes have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Seven Lakes is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #167 of 290 in North Carolina. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Seven Lakes’ overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land7.3 acres of park per 1,000 residents (33 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home30% 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 34%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 43%
Water is 17% of Seven Lakes’ area (2 of 10 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
57 conserved acres
1% of Seven Lakes’ land. Water is left out: Seven Lakes has 8.4 square miles of land and 1.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Seven Lakes’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners33 ac
Not recorded24 ac
Local Park · 33 acLocal Other or Unknown · 24 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 24 | Unknown |
| Seven Lakes West {Arl Local Park | Private owners | 21 | Open |
| Seven Lakes North Park Local Park | Private owners | 12 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Seven Lakes
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Seven Lakes
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Boat launches in Seven Lakes
3 boat launches without a name on the map.
Trails & water
7 lakes & rivers
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
9Tennis
6Pickleball
2Basketball
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Seven Lakes: 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 | 64 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.2 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Seven Lakes →
Questions about parks and trails in Seven Lakes
How much of Seven Lakes 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 Seven Lakes’ trails?
Seven Lakes North park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Seven Lakes?
8,227 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Seven Lakes or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 33 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Seven Lakes have?
Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #167 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 Seven Lakes 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 →