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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Spring Hope

Spring Hope has 5 acres of parks, 3.7 for every 1,000 residents

66% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
6 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
3.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
66%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Spring Hope?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Spring Hope have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spring Hope is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Spring Hope’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 16%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Spring Hope. 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

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

1
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.

Spring Hope Community Park

Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

1% of Spring Hope’s land. Who manages Spring Hope’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city5 ac
Not recorded1 ac
Local Park · 5 acLocal Other or Unknown · 1 ac
Good to know

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.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Spring Hope Community Park
Local Park
Town or city5Open
Town of Spring Hope Open Space
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Unknown
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
1Baseball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Dr. Hassell Brantley HouseBuilding · listed 1986
About it
Spring Hope Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1988
About it
Valentine-Wilder HouseBuilding · listed 2013
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Spring Hope: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.010.811.913.114.114.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)525563738087908882736355
Rain (in)3.53.04.23.63.54.55.14.85.13.43.33.4

February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spring Hope →

Questions about parks and trails in Spring Hope

How much of Spring Hope 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 Spring Hope’s trails?

Spring Hope Community Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Spring Hope?

94 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spring Hope or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Spring Hope have?

Ahead of 16% 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 Spring Hope neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →