OCCONEECHEE MOUNTAIN STATE NATURAL AREA, HILLSBOROUGH PHOTO: LANDON BOST
get out and about TAKE A HIKE
SOCCER
Hike along miles of trails available. Visit Eno River State Park and the Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, the tallest point in the county.
Orange County’s Soccer.Com Center is on West Ten Road in Efland. orangecountync.gov
ncparks.gov.
THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVERWALK A 1.8 mile trail which winds along the Eno River from Gold Park and is part of the state’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail. The main entrance is at the Eno River Parking Deck at the end of Nash and Kollock St. hillsboroughnc.gov/community/parkfacilities/riverwalk
THE HISTORIC OCCONEECHEE SPEEDWAY TRAIL Walk the historic one-mile dirt track that many of the great NASCAR legends raced on from 19491968 at 320 Elizabeth Brady Rd in Hillsborough. Open to the public during daylight hours every day. FREE.
enotrails.com/occoneechee-speedway-trail.htm
PRESERVES & FORESTS Hike the Carolina North Forest’s 750 acres of woodlands, or wander the Brumley Family and Johnston Mill Nature Preserves. • CAROLINA NORTH FOREST
facilities.unc.edu/carolina-north-forest
• BRUMLEY FAMILY NATURE PRESERVE
triangleland.org
• JOHNSTON MILL NATURE PRESERVE
triangleland.org
BICYCLING A great way to get around. There are miles and miles of bike trails to enjoy. Visit: move.unc.edu/ bike/bikeshare OR townofchapelhill.org
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GOLF Play a round of golf at the newly renovated the UNC Finley Golf Club, uncfinley.com, or Hillsborough’s Occoneechee Golf Club. occoneechee.com
DISC GOLF Play at UNC’s Carolina Disc Golf Club, Chapel Hill’s Southern Community Park or Carrboro’s Anderson Community Park. campusrec.unc.edu or visit town’s recreation websites
TENNIS & PICKLEBALL Play tennis or try your hand at the fastest growing sport in America -pickleball- a combination of tennis, badminton, and table tennis. chapelhillpickleball.org
ICE SKATE
Lace up at the Orange County Sportsplex. oc-sportsplex.com
SKATEBOARD Hang ten at Chapel Hill Skatepark. townofchapelhill.org
WATER FUN Spend Spring through mid-Fall weekends on the water at University Lake and Cane Creek Reservoir. owasa.org
SWIM Dip in at the A. D. Clark Pool, Homestead Aquatics Center, Chapel Hill Community Center and the Orange County Sportsplex in Hillsborough.
RACING Hear the roar of engines at the Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, the fastest 3/8 mile track in the nation. ocstrack.net
