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Toisnot Park
4.4 ★★★★☆ 690 Google reviews · Running trail in Wilson, North Carolina · Posted hours
Runner's snapshot
- Surface
- Not reported
- Distance
- Not reported
- Shape
- Not reported
- Shade
- Not reported
- Access
- Posted hours
Confirmed from Toisnot Park's own listing, the park or land manager's website, and runner reviews. Blank cells mean we could not verify that fact — we would rather say "not reported" than invent one. There is no Easy / Moderate / Hard rating on this page on purpose: a one-word difficulty score tells you nothing about whether a trail suits your run. Surface, distance, shade and hours do.
Park by a reservoir featuring a playground, shelters, softball fields, horseshoes & restrooms.
What runners say about Toisnot Park
“Nice clean park, good place for a walk, or a good place to take your kids and relax.”
Nice park with narrow but long lake with pathways to walk, lots of parking space, restrooms and children’s play park. The park is on both bank of this lake and a wooden bridge joins both sides.Many birds, geese etc roam around or swim in the lake. You can feed them by buying a 25c food pack from vending machines there.
Fish the reserve, feed the ducks, and geese or walk the trail around. There's picnic shelters and bathrooms. There's plenty of parking and a park for kids and a dog park.
Nice place to take a walk and relax while looking at the turtles or heron fishing.
We went mainly to feed the ducks (they have food there for them). They also have a couple of small playgrounds, a trail around the lake, picnic shelters, and some really incredible trees. There was a ton of poison ivy along the side of the trail, but none on the actual trail.
Trail conditions & character
“Nice park with narrow but long lake with pathways to walk, lots of parking space, restrooms and children’s play park.”
“Nice park with narrow but long lake with pathways to walk, lots of parking space, restrooms and children’s play park.”
“There's plenty of parking and a park for kids and a dog park.”
Plan your run at Toisnot Park
The practical stuff
- AccessPosted hours — posted hours below; park gates sometimes close earlier than the listing says
- DistanceNot reported. Trail systems often quote total path mileage rather than a single loop, so measure the route you actually want before you drive out.
- ShadeNot reported. Assume some of it is exposed and carry water in summer.
- At the trailheadparking, restrooms — reported by runners
- DogsWelcome, per reviewers. Leash rules vary by park — the trailhead sign is the authority.
- Websitewilsonnc.org
- Phone(252) 399-1530
Hours
| Monday | 7 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 7 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 7 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 7 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 7 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 7 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 7 AM–9 PM |
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