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DOutdoors
Outdoors in Trinity

Few parks or trails are on the map in Trinity

3% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1 acre is park or preserve, 0.1 per 1,000 residents. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Trinity, 0.1 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns · #269 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
71 acres · of 16.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
3%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
6
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Trinity have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Trinity is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns, #269 of 290 in North Carolina. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.

D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Trinity’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 8%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 7%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Trinity. 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 still be D. 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.

Trinity Community Park

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

71 conserved acres

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

Not recorded71 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 71 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Randolph County Open Space
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded69Unknown
City of Trinity Open Space
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Unknown
City of Archdale Open Space
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded1Unknown
Trails & water

6 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
12Golf
12Tennis
3Baseball
1Soccer
1Basketball

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

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

History →
Harper HouseBuilding · listed 1979
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Trinity: April to June

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)10.010.811.913.114.014.614.413.512.411.210.29.7
High (°F)505462717885888681716153
Rain (in)3.73.04.03.93.74.24.54.34.63.33.43.5

February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Trinity →

Next door

Trinity and its neighbors

Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Trinity1%0.1under 13%D
Archdale3%0.3824%C
Thomasville2%0.21060%C+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Trinity

How much of Trinity 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 Trinity’s trails?

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

Is there public land near Trinity?

6,066 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Trinity or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.

How much outdoors does Trinity have?

Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #269 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 Trinity 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 →