Walk Raleigh from the Capitol outward
Raleigh was planned from scratch as a capital, with the Capitol at the centre of a grid, and later wrapped in a long network of greenway trails. FOG starts the map dark and clears only what you walk, which suits both.
The planned grid
The 1792 plan put the State Capitol on Union Square at the centre, with streets running out in a regular grid and four smaller squares placed around it. Fayetteville Street runs south from the Capitol as the main pedestrian spine, and Moore Square and City Market sit a few blocks east.
Around the centre are distinct districts: Glenwood South for bars and restaurants, the Warehouse District with its galleries and food hall, and Oakwood, the largest intact nineteenth century neighbourhood in the city, with Victorian houses and the old Oakwood Cemetery.
Greenways and a big park
Raleigh has over 100 miles of greenway trails, many along creeks, which link neighbourhoods and parks. Dorothea Dix Park, a large green hill just south west of downtown, has some of the best views of the skyline. The North Carolina Museum of Art has a park and trail network of its own on the west side.
A good half day: the Capitol, down Fayetteville Street, across to Moore Square and City Market, up through Oakwood, then across to Glenwood South and back through the Warehouse District. Finish with sunset at Dix Park.
How the map grows
The downtown grid is compact and fills quickly, block by block. The greenways let you draw long lines into the suburbs without walking along busy roads.
Summers are humid and hot, spring and autumn mild and long. The terrain rolls gently. Raleigh is spread out, so the city percentage builds steadily as you add greenway after greenway.
Bring the walks you already did
An empty map is a slow start in a city you already know. FOG Unlimited imports Google Timeline exports and GPX files, so years of past walks in Raleigh clear straight onto the map, and you open the app to a real picture with obvious dark gaps in it. It is one purchase, never a subscription.
From then on FOG records by itself, with the app closed, and the trail never leaves the phone. No account, no ads, no tracking. The logbook writes a page for every month and year you were out, with the new ground and the new places you set foot in.
Questions people actually ask
How many miles of greenway does Raleigh have?
More than 100 miles of greenway trails across the city.
Where is the historic district?
Oakwood, just north east of downtown, is the largest intact nineteenth century neighbourhood.
Does FOG work for running and cycling too?
Yes. It clears fog for walking, running and riding, anywhere on Earth, in the same way.
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