Greenways

Durham’s greenways provide smooth, safe, wooded trails for bikers and walkers. The greenways connect parks, points of interests, and neighborhoods throughout the city and county. The trails are perfect for biking, walking, inline skating, and virtually any non-motorized mode of transportation. Wildlife also use these forested corridors to move between parks, and the greenways along Durham’s streams help protect water quality.

The American Tobacco Trail's fall colors
(photo courtesy of Triangle Rails to Trails)

To get started on Durham’s greenways:

1. Use the map at the Durham Parks and Recreation Interactive Trails Map to find a greenway that interests you. Clicking on a location will download a detailed map of that greenway. (You need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view the maps.)

2. Download the Durham Trails and Greenways brochure for location and parking information. This document contains a colorful, easy to read map of the entire greenway system.

3. The Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy is an excellent resource for information on the Durham greenways built on former railway corridors.

4. If you don’t find a greenway that interests you (or if none of the greenways are within safe biking or walking distance) please send your comments and suggestions to BPAC member Dan Clever.

Members of the Hillside High School
basketball team on a fundraiser ride

Greenways are constantly being constructed and improved. If you don't already live near a greenway, Durham may be planning to build one near you. Contact BPAC if you are interested in seeing a greenway connect to your neighborhood. To see future trail plans, visit the Durham Parks and Recreation Home Page and download the Durham Trails and Greenways Master Plan.

Warren Creek Trail in north Durham

-- information for this page was compiled by BPAC member Heather Fisher.

Thanks to Jeremy Raw and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization for their assistance with this site.
Site designed by: Phillip Barron