Photo: Jdcollins13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Sneads Ferry
22% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #263 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Sneads Ferry have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Sneads Ferry is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #263 of 290 in North Carolina. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Water is 35% of Sneads Ferry’s area (2 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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14 conserved acres
1% of Sneads Ferry’s land. Water is left out: Sneads Ferry has 3.8 square miles of land and 2.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Sneads Ferry’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Center Park Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Camp Lejeune Military Land | Not recorded | 4 | Unknown |
18 places to go in Sneads Ferry
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Plus 2 boat launches without a name on the map.
Plus 2 campgrounds without a name on the map.
3 lakes & rivers
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Sneads Ferry: 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 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 75 | 66 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 7.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sneads Ferry →
Sneads Ferry and its neighbors
Sneads Ferry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneads Ferry | 1% | under 0.1 | 5 | 22% | D |
| North Topsail Beach | 8% | 0.7 | 11 | 11% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Sneads Ferry
How much of Sneads Ferry 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.
Is there public land near Sneads Ferry?
250 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Sneads Ferry or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Sneads Ferry have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #263 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 Sneads Ferry 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 →