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Little Rock Greenway

Raleigh recently completed an extension to the Little Rock Greenway that creates 25.5 miles of interconnected trails with access to downtown Raleigh. Read More »

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Joe Miller Maps NC’s Greenways

Earlier this week, Joe Miller of Get Going NC! announced that he would be starting a project to map North Carolina’s greenway system.

In my limited way, I’ve tried to piece together information to

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Historic Oak View County Park

Less than 5 miles from downtown Raleigh, you can find Wake County’s largest grove of pecan trees on this 19th century historic farmstead.

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Greystone Recreation Center

Raleigh’s newest park is the city’s first with an indoor playground.

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Walnut Creek Wetland Center

A modern, sustainably-built education center lives at the heart of this 59-acre wetland area in downtown Raleigh.

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Hiking at Falls Lake

Did you know that there is a 20+ mile long hiking trail in North Raleigh? Great for fun hikes with families or longer multi-day trips, the South Shore trail at Falls Lake is great destination for hikers of all skill-levels.…

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Honeycutt Park

Honeycutt Park is a fairly new park in North Raleigh that offers some nice play options and holds the key to greenway connections coming soon.

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Camping at Falls Lake

This weekend, I took my almost-eight-year-old son for his first camping trip.  Some long-time family friends of ours have kids that are close in age to our children. We gathered the two families for a dinner including hot dogs roasted…

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Blue Jay Point

Blue Jay Point is one of my family’s favorite parks. Playground, hiking trails, sports fields, environmental education – Blue Jay Point has it all.

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Cedar Hills Rotary Park

You may only know the Cedar Hills Rotary Park by the sign posted on Spring Forest Road near the intersection with Falls of the Neuse.  If you’ve never explored this park, you’ve missed out on a nice neighborhood park with…

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A Playground, Built in One Day

On Saturday, August 29th, at eight in the morning, more 200 volunteers gathered in an empty field at the Green Road park in Raleigh. By the end of the day, the neighborhood had a new playground to swing, slide and…

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