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D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Tyro

Few parks or trails are on the map in Tyro

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Tyro yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Behind most U.S. towns · #286 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 12.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is Tyro?

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

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Tyro have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tyro is behind most U.S. towns, #286 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 Tyro’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Behind most
LessMore
North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)#286 of 290
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Tyro. 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.

Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
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
6Tennis
4Baseball
2Football
1Soccer
1Tracks

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

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

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

History →
Capt. John Koonts Jr. FarmBuilding · listed 1984
About it
Haden PlaceBuilding · listed 1984
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St. Luke's Lutheran Church CemeterySite · listed 1984
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Tyro TavernBuilding · listed 1984
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When to get out

The best walking months in Tyro: 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)10.010.811.913.114.014.614.413.512.311.210.29.7
High (°F)505462717885888681726153
Rain (in)3.53.03.93.73.64.14.44.04.03.13.33.5

February is the driest month (3.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Tyro →

Questions about parks and trails in Tyro

How much of Tyro 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 Tyro?

7,575 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tyro or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Tyro have?

Behind most U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #286 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 Tyro 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 →