Wrc Windsor Boat Access Area
Nature preserve
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Bertie Memorial Hospital · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA−Outdoors
Outdoors in Windsor
14% of Windsor’s land is conserved: 258 acres
78 acres are parks and preserves, 24 per 1,000 residents. 79% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Windsor, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns · #33 of 290 in North Carolina. What drives it
Conserved land
14%
258 acres · of 2.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
78 ac
24 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
79%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
3 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Windsor?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Windsor have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Windsor is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns, #33 of 290 in North Carolina. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Windsor’s overall grade.
Conserved land14% of the land · typical NC town 3% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · NC 0.2 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land24 acres of park per 1,000 residents (78 acres) · NC 8 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home79% of residents within a half mile of a park · NC 51% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 75%
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North Carolina towns of 2,500+ (290)Ahead of 89%
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. 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
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Windsor Youth Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
258 conserved acres
14% of Windsor’s land. Who manages Windsor’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city38 ac
Other state land1 ac
Not recorded256 ac
State Other or Unknown · 139 acLocal Other or Unknown · 64 acLocal Park · 38 acLocal Recreation Area · 34 acState Conservation Area · 19 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 6 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bertie Correctional Institution State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 129 | Restricted |
| Town of Windsor Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 36 | Unknown |
| 101 N York St Local Park | Town or city | 32 | Open |
| Town of Windsor - Davis Park Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 31 | Open |
| Bertie County Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 28 | Unknown |
| Bertie County Game Land State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 19 | Open |
| NC Hazard Mitigation Buyout Property - Windsor State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 9 | Unknown |
| 103 N York St Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Bertie County - Bertie County Recreation Complex Local Recreation Area | Not recorded | 3 | Unknown |
| NC Land and Water Fund Conservation Agreement State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
1 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
5 places to go in Windsor
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Windsor
3 boat launches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Campgrounds in Windsor
Cashie River CampgroundHours: Open 24 hours · In Wrc Windsor Boat Access Area
DirectionsCashie River Treehouses and CampgroundIn Wrc Windsor Boat Access Area
DirectionsTrails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
3Baseball
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →6 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Windsor: 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 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| High (°F) | 52 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 82 | 73 | 63 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
February is the driest month (3.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 6.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Windsor →
Questions about parks and trails in Windsor
How much of Windsor is conserved land?
14% 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 Windsor’s trails?
Wrc Windsor Boat Access Area and Windsor Youth Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Windsor?
1,733 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Windsor or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 78 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Windsor have?
Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #33 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 Windsor 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 →