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The trail is part of the planned East Coast Greenway. Ellerbe Creek Trail contributes approximately 4 miles to the East Coast Greenway. Technically, the Ellerbe Creek Trail is a group of shorter trails. The shorter trails as defined by The Durham Open Space and Trails Commission are known as follows: Ellerbe Creek Trail: Durham Co. Stadium to ...
The forest includes the 1,085 acres (4.39 km 2) Dunnfield Creek Natural Area; the creek is designated a wild trout stream. The 258 acres (1.04 km 2) Sunfish Pond Natural Area consists of a glacial lake and the surrounding chestnut oak forest, and can be reached by a steep and rocky climb along the Appalachian Trail. At 1,527 feet (465 m), Mount ...
It has been cited as the most polluted creek in The Triangle region of North Carolina. [7] A watershed improvement plan was prepared by the Brown and Caldweld firm for the City of Durham in 2010. [8] Some say Ellerbe is a name derived from a Native American language, while others believe the creek is named after John Ellerby, an early settler. [9]
Umstead is bordered by Raleigh-Durham International Airport on the west, Interstate 40 on the south, US 70 on the north, and by the western outskirts of Raleigh on the east. . The main bridle and bike trail is Reedy Creek Road, which is open to traffic in western Raleigh (connecting the North Carolina Museum of Art to the park entrance), closed except to rangers' vehicles as it crosses the ...
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,285. [1] The county seat is Sanford. [2]Lee County comprises the Sanford, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
Falls Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Durham and Wake counties, North Carolina in the United States. Near Wake Forest, North Carolina, it covers 5,035 acres (20.38 km 2) [1] along the shores of 12,410-acre (50.2 km 2) Falls Lake.
View looking east at the New Jersey Forest Fire Service's Helispot 3 along the Mount Tammany Fire Road on Kittatinny Mountain. The Mount Tammany Fire Road is an unpaved 4.5-mile (7.2 km) road on the eastern ridgeline of Kittatinny Mountain from Upper Yards Creek Reservoir to Mount Tammany, the 1,527-foot (465 m) prominence on the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap.
The northern third of Durham County is rural in nature. Durham County is the core of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023. [3]