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C+Outdoors
Outdoors in St. Pauls

St. Pauls has 18 acres of parks, 6.5 for every 1,000 residents

89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross St. Pauls, 0.1 per square mile of land. 3% of St. Pauls’ land is conserved, about 31 acres.

Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
3%
31 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
6.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is St. Pauls?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does St. Pauls have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. Pauls is ahead of 44% 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 St. Pauls’ overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 44%
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NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in St. Pauls. 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 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

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

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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.

St. Pauls Community Park

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

31 conserved acres

3% of St. Pauls’ land. Who manages St. Pauls’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city17 ac
Not recorded13 ac
Local Park · 17 acLocal Other or Unknown · 13 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Blue Street Park
Local Park
Town or city15Open
Robeson County Open Space
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded13Unknown
Ml Bob Everett Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
Boyscout Park
Local Park
Town or city1Open
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
5Baseball
4Tennis
4Basketball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in St. Pauls: 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)10.110.911.913.014.014.514.313.412.311.210.39.8
High (°F)555866758288918984756557
Rain (in)3.43.13.43.43.65.05.25.35.43.23.23.4

February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.4 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. Pauls →

Questions about parks and trails in St. Pauls

How much of St. Pauls is conserved land?

3% 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 St. Pauls’ trails?

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

Is there public land near St. Pauls?

452 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. Pauls or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does St. Pauls have?

Ahead of 44% 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 St. Pauls 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 →