Wilson's Mills Athletic Complex
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
DOutdoors
Outdoors in Wilson's Mills
Few parks or trails are on the map in Wilson's Mills
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Wilson's Mills. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 1.8 per 1,000 residents. 22% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns · #276 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 6.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
5 ac
1.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
22%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wilson's Mills have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wilson's Mills is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns, #276 of 290 in North Carolina. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wilson's Mills’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land1.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (5 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home22% of residents within a half mile of a park · NC 51% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 7%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 5%
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Wilson's Mills. 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
1 places to go in Wilson's Mills
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Playgrounds in Wilson's Mills
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
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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
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Wilson's Mills: 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 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (3.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 5.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wilson's Mills →
Questions about parks and trails in Wilson's Mills
How much of Wilson's Mills 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.
Are dogs allowed on Wilson's Mills’ trails?
Wilson's Mills Athletic Complex doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Wilson's Mills?
1,319 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wilson's Mills or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wilson's Mills have?
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #276 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 Wilson's Mills 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 →