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Neuse River Trail

Rail-trail in North Carolina · OpenStreetMap relation

Length
32.6 mi 52.5 km1
On former railbed
26.7 mi 82%
Surface
Paved1
Last checked
Oct 12, 2026

The Neuse River Trail is a 34.5-mile (55.5 km) long paved greenway located in the Raleigh area of North Carolina, running along the banks of the Neuse River from Falls Lake Dam to the town of Clayton. The route passes through the jurisdictions of Raleigh, Wake Forest, Knightdale, and Clayton in Wake and Johnston counties. The Neuse River Greenway trail is part of the Capital Area Greenway system as well as the Mountains-to-Sea Trail that crosses North Carolina from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks. Open to both cyclists and pedestrians, the Neuse River Trail is the longest greenway trail in North Carolina and the longest paved trail between northern Virginia and western Georgia.

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Neuse River Greenway - panoramio (3).jpg
Neuse River Greenway - panoramio (3).jpg · Photo: James Willamor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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  • Neuse River Trail sign.jpg Neuse River Trail sign.jpg
    Photo: Bz3rk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Northeast Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, USA - panoramio (6).jpg Northeast Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, USA - panoramio (6).jpg
    Photo: James Willamor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Skycrest suspension bridge.jpg Skycrest suspension bridge.jpg
    Photo: Bz3rk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Clayton, along the trail Clayton, along the trail
    Photo: gracewardphotographynyc · CC BY · Flickr
  • Clayton, along the trail Clayton, along the trail
    Photo: w_lemay · CC BY-SA · Flickr

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Sources

  1. OpenStreetMap relation 3147227, OpenStreetMap contributors · Map data · ODbL · checked Oct 12, 2026
  2. “Neuse River Trail”, Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
  3. Wikidata Q16982513, Wikidata · Knowledge base · CC0 · checked Oct 12, 2026

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