Greenway

Get around the Triangle without a car.

The Capital Area Greenway System is a network of public open spaces and recreational trails that run throughout the Triangle. The multi purpose character of Greenways are perhaps their greatest advantage. While providing identifiable and positive air quality benefits, Greenways will also serve other public purposes. The Triangle’s Greenways provide a recreation/exercise outlet close to home, help maintain functional ecological systems, buffer stream water quality, and they are sites for informal and formal environmental education.

If you see something amiss while you’re on the trails, call Parks and Recreation Department maintenance at 919-996-4115, email parkplan , report it on SeeClickFix .

 

Trail Maps

GoogleMaps

Allows you to experience the Greenway without carrying a paper map.

  1. Access GoogleMaps on your smart phone.
  2. Enter Raleigh, NC in location window.
  3. Click “Get Directions”
  4. You will see four icons, click the bike icon. All Greenways will be highlighted in Green.
  5. Enter your current location to map a bike route to a destination.

The City of Raleigh has created a KML file of its trail data that is best viewed with GoogleEarth.

 

RaleighGreenway Trail

The City of Raleigh Greenway Trail System encompasses over 63 miles on 3,000 acres. An online version of the map is available for download. The residents of Raleigh enjoy these vast natural corridors in the midst of an increasingly metropolitan setting. The system, which began in the 1970’s, is one of the best municipal trail systems in the country. A boon to joggers, walkers, bikers, and nearly every other form of non-motorized transportation, the greenway system enhances quality of life.

 

DurhamGreenway

The City of Durham boasts an extensive system of trails in the heart of a major watershed. Home to the American Tobacco Trail. The 7.7-mile American Tobacco Trail is part of a 22-mile stretch running from downtown Durham to southwestern Wake County. The trail continues from NC 54 north to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the American Tobacco Campus.

 

Chapel HillGreenway

The ‘Southern Part of Heaven’ hosts an impressive system of trails. There are a handful of paved greenway miles, and the town has an abundance of natural surface trails that take advantage of every corridor into the heart of town.