Here’s a map of the Greater Raleigh parks we’ve explored so far:
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- Abbotts Creek Park (9950 Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Abbotts Creek Trail (intersection of Falls River Ave & Ashmead Ln)
- Anderson Point Park (20 Anderson Point Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Annie Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park
- Baileywick Park (9501 Baileywick Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Black Creek Greenway (from North Cary Park to MP 2.25)
- Blowing Rock: Memorial Park (Blowing Rock, NC)
- Blue Jay Point County Park (3200 Pleasant Union Church Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Update: Nature Play Area
- Bodie Island Light Station (8210 Bodie Island Lighthouse Rd, Nags Head, NC)
- Brier Creek Park (10810 Globe Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Brookhaven Nature Park (5125 Berekeley St, Raleigh, NC)
- Buffaloe Rd Aquatic Center (5908 Buffaloe Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Canal Path/Heritage Trail & Old Mill Park (2401 Caroline St, Fredericksburg, VA)
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Cape Hatteras, NC)
- Caroline County Park (13690 Devils 3 Jump Rd, Caroline, VA)
- Cedar Hills Park (5600 Sweetbriar St, Raleigh, NC)
- Chamberlain St Playground (500 Chamberlain St, Raleigh, NC)
- Chatham Manor (120 Chatham Ln, Fredericksburg, VA)
- Clayton Community Park (1075 Amelia Church Rd, Clayton, NC)
- Crabtree Creek Trail
- Crabtree Creek Trail MP 0 to 4.75 (starts at Anderson Point Park – 20 Anderson Point Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Crabtree Creek Trail MP 4.75 to 7 & Lockwood Park
- Crabtree Creek Trail from Kiwanis Park to Big Boss Brewing (MP 7 to 9)
- Crabtree Creek Trail from Lassiter Mill Rd to Kiwanis Park (MP 9 to 10.5)
- Crabtree Creek Trail from North Hills Park to Lassiter Mill Park (MP 10.5 to 12)
- Crabtree Creek Trail from North Hills Park past Crabtree Valley Mall (MP 12 to 14.5)
- Crabtree Creek Trail near Crabtree Valley Mall (behind McDonald’s at intersection of Blue Ridge Rd and Crabtree Valley Ave)
- Update: Crabtree Creek Trail near Crabtree Valley Mall
- Crowder District Park (4709 Ten Ten Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Curtis Memorial County Park (58 Jesse Curtis Ln, Stafford, VA)
- Diamond View Park (Blackwell St, Durham, NC)
- Durant Nature Preserve (8305 Camp Durant Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- E. Carroll Joyner Park (701 Harris Rd, Wake Forest, NC)
- East Fork Mine Creek Trail MP 1 to 2.5 (parked near Newton Rd and Sandy Creek Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Eastgate Park (4200 Quail Hollow Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Edna Metz Wells Park (intersection of Smallwood Dr & Clark Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- Eliza Pool Park (1600 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC)
- Eno River State Park – Cox Mountain Trail (6101 Cole Mill Rd, Durham, NC)
- Ernest A “Pigum” Walker Park (Wanchese, NC)
- Fallon Park (2601 Oxford Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Falls Lake
- Falls Lake Dam (12088 Old Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC)
- Falls Lake Day Hike A: Raven Ridge Rd towards Falls Lake Dam (Raven Ridge Rd gravel pull-off)
- Falls Lake Day Hike D: Flipped Car Hike (parked near 15009 Possum Track Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Falls Lake Rolling View Trail (Rolling View entrance of Falls Lake, Durham, NC)
- Fearrington Village (Pittsboro, NC)
- Fred Fletcher Park (802 Clay St, Raleigh, NC)
- Glen Eden Pilot Park (1500 Glen Eden Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Grandfather Mountain Profile Trail (NC 105 in Banner Elk, NC)
- Greater Richmond ARCpark (3600 Saunders Ave, Richmond, VA)
- Green Road Park (4201 Green Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Greystone Rec Center (7713 Leadmine Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Halifax Park (1015 Halifax St, Raleigh, NC)
- Haywood Hall (211 New Bern Pl, Raleigh, NC)
- Hill Street Park (2307 Hill St, Raleigh, NC)
- Historic Oak View County Park (4028 Carya Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Historic Yates Mill County Park (4620 Lake Wheeler Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Honeycutt Park (1032 Clear Creek Farm Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve (2900 Horse Shoe Farm Rd, Wake Forest, NC)
- House Creek Trail (runs from Crabtree Valley Mall to Ridge Rd/Wade Ave intersection, Raleigh, NC)
- Ironwood Trail: MP 0 to 2 (parking at North Hills Park)
- Isabella Cannon Park (2601 Kilgore Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- Jaycee Park (2405 Wade Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- JC Raulston Arboretum (4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Jennette’s Pier (MP 16.5 in Nags Head, NC)
- Jockey’s Ridge State Park (300 W Carolista Dr, Nags Head, NC)
- Jordan Lake State Park: New Hope Overlook (WH Jones Rd)
- Joslin Gardens (2431 West Lake Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- JT’s Grommet Island Park (100 2nd St, Virginia Beach, VA)
- Kaplan Dr Park (5208 Kaplan Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Kelly Glen Park (1701 Kelly Glen Dr, Apex, NC)
- Kentwood Park (4531 Kaplan Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Keswick Inn (Keswick, VA)
- Kiwanis Park & Crabtree Creek Trail (2525 Noble Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Knightdale Station Park (810 North 1st Ave, Knightdale, NC)
- Lake Johnson Park & Walnut Creek Trail (4601 Avent Ferry Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Lake Johnson Pool (1416 Athens Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Lake Lynn Park (7921 Ray Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Lake Lynn Trail (7921 Ray Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Lake Raleigh (NC State Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC)
- Lake Wheeler Park (6404 Lake Wheeler Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Lassiter Mill Park (intersection of Old Lassister Mill Rd & Lassiter Mill Rd)
- Laurel Hills Community Center (3808 Edwards Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Laurel Hills Park (3808 Edwards Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Leesville Community Park (5105 Country Trail, Raleigh, NC)
- Linville Falls (Blue Ridge Parkway, Western NC)
- Lions Park (516 Dennis Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- Longstreet Dr Playground (7334 Stuart Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Downtown Manteo waterfront (Manteo, NC)
- MacDonald Woods Park (1601 Seabrook Ave, Cary, NC)
- Marsh Creek Park (3050 N New Hope Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Marshall Memorial Park (along House Creek Greenway)
- Maymont Park (intersection of Spotsswood Rd & Shirley Ln, Richmond, VA)
- Method Rd Community Center & Playground (514 Method Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Millbrook Exchange Park (1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Millbrook Pool (1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Millbrook Playground (1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Mordecai Mini Park (1122 N Blount St, Raleigh, NC)
- Morrisville Community Park (1520 Morrisville Parkway, Morrisville NC)
- Mountains to Sea Trail
- Falls Lake Day Hike A: Raven Ridge towards Dam (parked along Raven Ridge Rd, just past Annie Wilkerson Nature Preserve in Raleigh, NC)
- Falls Lake Day Hike D: Flipped Car Hike (parked near 15009 Possum Track Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Museum Park at the NC Museum of Art (2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Museum Park Blue Loop at the NC Museum of Art (2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Neuse River Trail
- MP 0 to 1.5
- MP 2.75 to 8
- MP 7.25 to 9 & Suspension Bridge (parking at 198 Trailhead Ln, Raleigh, NC)
- MP 11.5 to 13.25 (from Buffaloe Rd Athletic Park to suspension bridge)
- MP 13.25 to 15 & Suspension Bridge
- Neuse River Trail & Milburnie Dam (near Anderson Point Park, heading north on trail, MP 15-17)
- Neuse River Trail (near Anderson Point Park, heading south on trail)
- MP 22 to 23.75 & Sunflowers Field
- North Cary Park & Black Creek Greenway (1100 Norwell Blvd, Cary, NC)
- North Hills Park (100 Chowan Circle, Raleigh, NC)
- North Wake Landfill District Park (9300 Deponie Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Optimist Park (5900 Whittier Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Peach Rd Park (911 Ileagnes Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation (1671 Gold Star Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Pollock Place Playground (3301 Pollock Pl, Raleigh, NC)
- Powell Drive Park (740 Powell Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Pullen Park (520 Ashe Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- Pullen Aquatic Center (410 Ashe Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- RDU Observation Park (intersection of Business St & E International Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Reedy Creek Trail from Meredith to 440 Pedestrian Bridge (intersection of Hillsborough and Gorman St in Raleigh)
- Ridge Rd Pool (1709 Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Roanoke Island: NC Aquarium (374 Airport Rd, Manteo, NC)
- Roanoke Park Playground (1500 Cherokee Dr, Raleigh, NC)
- Robert Godbold Park (2050 NW Maynard Rd, Cary, NC)
- Rockwood Park & Nature Center (3401 Courthouse Rd, Richmond, VA)
- Rose Garden (corner of Everett Ave & Gardner St)
- Samuel Harris Park (Harveyville, KS)
- Sarah P Duke Gardens (420 Anderson St, Durham, NC)
- Sesame Place (100 Sesame Rd, Langhorne, PA)
- Shelley Lake & Playground (1400 W Millbrook Rd)
- Simms Branch Trail (9410 Cub Trail Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Southport Waterfront and Riverwalk (corner of Howe St & Bay St)
- Spring Forest Rd Park (4203 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Strickland Rd Park (12804 Strickland Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Sweetgum Swamp Trail (approx 701 West Ocean Acres Dr, Nags Head, NC)
- Three Bears Acres (711 Beaver Dam Rd, Creedmoor, NC)
- Umstead Park
- Umstead Park – Company Mill Trail (Harrison Ave entrance)
- Umstead Park – Pott’s Branch Trail (8801 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- Umstead Park – Sal’s Branch Trail (8801 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC)
- Umstead Park – Reedy Creek & Reedy Creek Lake trails (intersection of Reedy Creek Rd & Trenton Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Umstead Park – S & N Turkey Creek Trails (side street parking available on Ebenezer Church Rd)
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center (950 Peterson St, Raleigh, NC)
- Walnut St Park (1420 Walnut St, Cary, NC)
- Western Regional Park (14800 Carrs Mill Rd, Woodbine, MD)
- Whalebone Park (7300 S Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head, NC)
- White Deer Park (2400 Aversboro Rd, Garner, NC)
- Williams Park (1525 Lynn Rd, Raleigh, NC)
- Windemere Beaver Dam Park (aka Banbury Park, 1500 Nottingham Rd, Raleigh, NC)
Where are adult soccer parks ? What is planned for Raleigh area adult soccer parks ?
Hi Harry, I can’t speak to all of the adult soccer parks, but the fields near Eastgate Park are usually pretty active. Dorothea Dix Park near Hunt Drive entrance also has several adult soccer fields.