Existing Greenway Trails — Cary, NC Open Data

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This dataset contains information on Cary’s current greenway system, including connectors and street side trails.

A greenway is a linear parcel of land set aside to preserve open space. Greenways are generally located in floodplain areas, along wooded stream corridors unsuitable for development. Often these corridors that harbor Cary’s greenway trails provide access to these pristine areas that otherwise would have been lost.

Since 1980, the Town of Cary has been building greenways to bring open spaces within easy walking distance of our homes. Greenways are an environmental, economic, and recreational resource for all to enjoy.

Greenways enhance our lives in many ways by:

Providing a recreational amenity for walking, jogging, and bicycling in a natural setting remote from traffic;
Preserving pristine open space to enhance Cary's quality of life;
Linking our neighborhoods with parks, schools, community centers, and other neighborhoods;
Helping control stormwater runoff, curb erosion, and minimize flooding which can damage our property;
Improving Cary's water quality by buffering streams, filtering pollutants, and recharging our groundwater;
Adding value to our property by merit of proximity.

For more information see our greenways web page.

This dataset is updated as new greenway trails are proposed and existing greenway trails are altered.

Dataset Identifier

greenway-trails

Downloads

1,672

Themes

Sports, Leisure, Geographic Information System (GIS), Health

Keywords

Greenways, Trails, Hiking, Biking, Recreation, GIS

License

CC0 1.0 Universal

Language

English

Timezone

US/Eastern

Modified

May 25, 2025 10:00 PM

Publisher

Cary

Reference

https://maps-apis.carync.gov/server/rest/services/ParksRecreation/Parks/MapServer/3

Update frequency

Weekly

Territory

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Last processing

May 25, 2025 10:00 PM (metadata)

May 25, 2025 10:00 PM (data)

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Trail Name

Greenway name

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	name
Type	text
Sample

Segment

Greenway segment location

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	segment
Type	text
Sample

Status

Status of the greenway

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	status
Type	text
Sample

Length in Miles

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	length
Type	decimal
Unit	mi
Sample

Segment Width in Feet

Width of trail in feet

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	width
Type	decimal
Unit	ft
Sample

Shape.STLength()

Not an on-the-ground measurement, but a calculation on the length of the line drawn in ArcGIS

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	shape_stlength
Type	decimal
Unit	ft
Sample

Trail Type

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	trailtype
Type	text
Sample

Surface Type

Surface of trail

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	surftype
Type	text
Sample

Install Date

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	installdate
Type	date
Sample

Built By

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	builtby
Type	text
Sample

Owned By

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	ownedby
Type	text
Sample

Managed By

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	maintby
Type	text
Sample

Cross Town Corridor

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	priorcorr
Type	text
Sample

Zone

Parks & Recreation Zone

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	pilzone
Type	text
Sample

Horseback Riding Allowed

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	equestrian
Type	text
Sample

Loop Trail

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	looptrail
Type	text
Sample

Loop Name

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	loopname
Type	text
Sample

geo_point_2d

Used to map the centroid

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	geo_point_2d
Type	geo point
Sample

geo_shape

Used to draw the map object

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	geo_shape
Type	geo shape
Sample

created_date

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	created_date
Type	datetime
Sample

last_edited_date

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	last_edited_date
Type	datetime
Sample

SEGMENTID

No description available for this field.

Name (identifier)	segmentid
Type	integer
Sample

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