Smithfield Recreation Area

Smithfield Recreation Area: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Smithfield Recreation Area

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Smithfield Recreation Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.52891, -78.32967. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Smithfield Recreation Area

• Ava Gardner Museum · museum · Johnston · ~3 km · Must-see
• WHPY-AM (Clayton) · attraction · Johnston · ~26 km · Must-see
• Bentonville Civil War Battlefield Visitor Area · park · Johnston · ~31 km · Must-see
• Buckhorn Lake Dam · lake · Wilson · ~33 km · Must-see
• Yates Mill · museum · Wake · ~48 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church of Raleigh · church · Wake · ~49 km · Must-see
• Christ Episcopal Church · church · Wake · ~49 km · Must-see
• North Carolina Museum of History · fort · Wake · ~50 km · Must-see
• Edenton Street United Methodist Church · church · Wake · ~50 km · Must-see
• Dorothea Dix Park · park · Wake · ~50 km · Must-see
• St. Mark's Chapel · church · Wake · ~50 km · Must-see
• Eureka United Methodist Church · church · Wayne · ~51 km · Must-see
• Carousel · attraction · Wake · ~51 km · Must-see
• Pullen Park · park · Wake · ~52 km · Must-see
• Pullen Memorial Baptist Church · church · Wake · ~52 km · Must-see
• Averasboro Battlefield Museum · museum · Harnett · ~53 km · Must-see
• Sunset Lake · lake · Wake · ~55 km · Must-see
• JC Raulston Arboretum · park · Wake · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Smithfield Recreation Area

Other parks near Smithfield Recreation Area

• Bentonville Civil War Battlefield Visitor Area · park · Johnston · ~31 km · Must-see
• Dorothea Dix Park · park · Wake · ~50 km · Must-see
• Pullen Park · park · Wake · ~52 km · Must-see
• JC Raulston Arboretum · park · Wake · ~56 km · Must-see
• Northeast District Park · park · Chatham · ~88 km · Must-see
• Leigh Farm · park · Durham · ~92 km · Must-see
• Arsenal Park · park · Cumberland · ~92 km · Must-see
• Central Park · park · Durham · ~92 km · Must-see
• Sarah P. Duke Gardens · park · Durham · ~95 km · Must-see
• Coker Arboretum · park · Orange · ~97 km · Must-see

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