[at-l] Raleigh/Cary NC info wanted...

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

NC has awesome hiking all around!  Right outside Raleigh [take US 70
west] is Umsttead Park.  There also is the Schenk Forest; nice trails
around UNC Chapel HIll; nice walks along the Eno River in Durham; and
lots others!  Several good State Parks within 60-80 miles, too . . .
then there are beaches galore 100 minutes east, and the Appalachian
mountains 3.5 hours+ to the west . . .

Thru-Thinker

Mara Factor wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm being sent to NC for a class (business) in a couple of weeks and I'm
> wondering if I should plan to incorporate the weekends on either side of the
> business portion of the trip for some local wanderings.
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me as to potential areas to explore or avoid? Chances
> are I'll have a rental car.  Most time I would have would be a three day
> weekend before the class and maybe a day or so afterwards.
> 
> I need to get some hiking in at least one of those weekends so if there's
> any in the Cary/Raleigh area of NC, that would make for a nice change of
> venue rather than rushing home to hike in the familiar territory of the
> northeast.
> 
> Thanks for any information you can pass along.
> 
> Mara
> 
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