of Danbury, Oak Ridge, Summerfield, Bur- Mill Park and then ends in Eastern NC at Jockey’s Ridge State Park. If your hiking days are over, consider being a trail angel (they can provide support such as a ride, a place for hikers to pitch their tent for the night, food, fresh water or other support) and welcome this wonderful asset to our region. People have been taking spiritual or meaningful sojourns, pilgrimages for centuries. Think Applachian Trail on a smaller scale. Right here in our Triad!
https://mountainstoseatrail.org/
14. Haw River State Park. Also a newer park in the state park system and still de- veloping, this is the first state park to offer conference amenities that can host from 10-180. The headwaters of the Haw and its watershed are the main attraction of this park, along with the Iron Ore Belt hiking access, which has plans for camping fa- cilities. You can see where the iron ore was dug out (used to make iron and steel) while hiking the trail. Very old and large old growth hardwoods line the trail, making this is a new hiking trail that is worth the drive.
https://www.ncparks.gov/haw-river- state-park
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15. Uwharries/Birkhead/Morrow Moun- tain. Okay, so many do not know that the true wilderness is just a short drive from anywhere in the Triad. The Uwharrie Na- tional Forest has over 50,000 acres of designated wilderness land (very mini- mally marked trails: beware!). When you head into this wilderness, take precautions for navigation and extra warm clothes etc. There are MANY instances of lost hikers etc. in the wilderness area. An especially beautiful hike is in the vast 5,000 acre Birkhead Wilderness tract. You can also head over to Morrow Mountain (con- nected) to ride your equine for the day or paddle Lake Tillery and the Uwharrie River. Definitely worth exploring but it will take years to see it all if you ever do! These mountains are ancient and are the oldest mountains in the United States. https://
www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/nfsnc/recreation/ horseriding-camping/ recarea/?recid=49832&actid=50 A great guidebook (do not go in without maps!) is: Uwharrie Lakes Region, Hiking and Biking North Carolina’s Uwharrie Mountains by Don Childrey.
Other honorable mentions for must do outdoor destinations in the Triad:
~Cedar Rock Park-Alamance Co. ~Knight Brown Preserve-Rockingham Co.
~New Haw River Access for 2018 in the works off of High Rock
Rd. Gibsonville/
Browns Summit. Contact Smith River Outfitters or Rockingham Co. for more info.
~Botanical Gardens/Bog Gardens-Guil- ford Co.
~Salem Lake-Forsyth Co. ~Guilford Courthouse trails-Guilford Co. ~Bryan Park-Guilford Co. ~NC Birding Trail-Piedmont ~Reynolda Gardens-Forsyth Co. ~Miller Park-Forsyth Co. ~Lake Reidsville-Rockingham Co. ~Oak Hollow/High Point City Lake- Guilford Co.
~Randleman Lake/Southwest Park-Guil- ford/Randolph
~Bold Moon Preserve-Guilford Co. ~Mayodan Biking Trail & Madison Bike Trails-Rockingham Co.
Guidebooks for more information:
Trails of the Triad by Allen de Hart; Horseback Riding Trail Guide to North Carolina by Martha en;
Branon Hold-
North Carolina State Parks, A Niche Guide by Ida Phillips Lynch and Bill Pendergraph, Piedmont Lakes: A Practical Guide for Boating in the NC
Pied-
mont by JoAndra P. Proia; Country Roads of North Carolina by Glenn Morris; The North Carolina Birding Trail, Pied- mont Trial Guide by The Cardinal Foundation
So, what outdoor destination will you choose to start with today? SYOTT! (See You on the Trail!)
JoAndra (Jo) Proia is the Outdoor Writer for Natural Triad. Her nature writing has been published in several outdoor maga- zines and she published her first guide- book, “Piedmont Lakes” in the spring of 2017. She is an ACA Certified Kayak In- structor and Guide with GET:OUTDOORS WOMEN ON THE WATER, a kayak shop in Greensboro. She can be reached at jo.
proia@naturaltriad.com or LIKE her page at
www.facebook.com/getoutdoorswom- enonthewater. Order her book online at
www.shopgetoutdoors.com
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