Dr. Earl S. Sloan House · Photo: Cecouchman · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Trent Woods
9 acres are parks and preserves, 2.3 per 1,000 residents. 77% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Trent Woods, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #213 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
How much outdoors does Trent Woods have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Trent Woods is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #213 of 290 in North Carolina. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Water is 16% of Trent Woods’ area (1 of 4 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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6 conserved acres
under 1% of Trent Woods’ land. Water is left out: Trent Woods has 3.0 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Trent Woods’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Trent Woods - Meadows Family Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 5 | Open |
| Town of Trent Woods Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
3 places to go in Trent Woods
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 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 Trent Woods: 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) | 55 | 59 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 87 | 89 | 88 | 83 | 75 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
April is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 7.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Trent Woods →
Trent Woods and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Woods | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 77% | C− |
| New Bern | 9% | 0.6 | 40 | 56% | B+ |
| Brices Creek | 16% | 1.1 | under 1 | 1% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Trent Woods
How much of Trent Woods is conserved land?
under 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 Trent Woods?
20,842 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Trent Woods or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Trent Woods have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #213 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 Trent Woods 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 →