OLINA — AR C H T R O N — N I A L P L A T S A O C — T N M O O M UN D TAINS—PIE www.ncwetlands.org NCwetlands.org is an outreach project of the North Carolina Division of Water Resources, with funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency. Passport created in 2018. We are excited that you are joining us on a North Carolina wetland journey! We hope this passport will help you find wetlands you’ve never seen before or help you reconnect with wetlands you may have forgotten. This passport will unlock the door to your future wetland adventures in North Carolina - in wetlands right next door or wetlands on the opposite side of the state. Let your North Carolina wetland adventure begin! What is in the passport: Be safe: This passport lists and maps Have fun on your wetland over 220 publicly accessible adventures, but also be safe. When wetlands across North Carolina. possible, contact the location to Sites are listed alphabetically by confirm hours of operation. While ecoregion (Mountain, Piedmont, these wetlands are publicly and Coastal Plain) with address accessible, there may be guidelines information provided. Wetland and restrictions at some of the sites. sites are numbered in the order Be sure to follow all guidelines and listed and shown on a centerfold signage at a wetland site. map (pages 6-7). Many of these wetlands are located To find a wetland site: on state game lands which are open Use the centerfold map to find a to hunting and gates may be closed site number in an area you want to during parts of the year. It is always visit; then, find that number in the a good idea to familiarize yourself numerical list to learn the wetland with dates of hunting seasons and site name and location. wear blaze orange on game lands. OR Also remember, these are natural Use the alphabetical list of wetland areas with wildlife and sometimes site names to search for a known rough terrain. Dress accordingly, wetland site; then, use the number take sunscreen and insect repellant, to find the location on the map. and always be aware of your (Note: if you do not know which surroundings! Mostly…HAVE FUN! ecoregion the site is in, you may need to search all three ecoregion site lists to find the name.) Know before you go — interactive map: Familiarize yourself with the site and how to get there. Some sites require 4-wheel drive vehicles and some have very rough walking conditions. For some sites, you can view wetlands from your vehicle or bike. Visit our interactive map (at www.ncwetlands.org) to learn more about each site on the passport map, including activities available, how to find the wetlands, types of wetlands on site, links to photos, etc. The website also contains lots of information about North Carolina’s beautiful wetlands. 1 Mountain Wetland Sites Art & Nature Trail at Kellogg 15 Kanuga Bog Conference Center 130 Kanuga Chapel Dr, 362 South Rugby Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739 Hendersonville, NC 16 Morse Park 2 Bass Lake Trail 2932 Memorial Hwy, 1 Bass Lake Drive, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Blowing Rock NC 28605 17 Needmore Game Lands 3 Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary Needmore Rd., Bryson City, NC 28713 1056 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804 18 Oklawaha Greenway Trail— 4 Blue Ridge Conservancy Patton Park Access Preserve in Foscoe Near N. Main St., Aldridge Road, Banner Elk, NC 28604 Hendersonville, NC 28792 5 Bluff Mountain Preserve 19 Old Airport Trail—Little Bluff Mountain Preserve, Tennessee River Greenway Creston, NC 28684 111 Highlands Rd, Franklin NC 28734 6 Brookshire Park 20 Panthertown Valley Bog 574 Brookshire Road, Boone, NC 28607 (Nantahala National Forest) East end of Breedlove Rd., 7 Clawson Burnley Park Glenville, NC 28736 335 Hunting Hills Road, Boone, NC 28607 21 Pink Beds of the Pisgah (Pisgah National Forest) 8 Cold Prong Pond Overlook Trail 1600 Pisgah Highway, NC 28768 Blue Ridge Parkway, Cold Prong, NC 28605 22 Roby Shomaker Wetlands Park 420 Pharmacy St, 9 Delany Bog Newland, NC 28657 503 NC-107, Cashiers, NC 28717 23 Suli Marsh—Little Tennessee 10 Dupont State Recreational Forest River Greenway Staton Road, Cedar Mountain, NC 28718 1294 Riverview St, Franklin, NC 28734 11 Great Smoky Mountains 24 Tallulah Wetlands National Park 241 Ledbetter Rd, 1194 Newfound Gap Road, Robbinsville, NC 28771 Cherokee, NC 28719 25 The Park at Flat Rock 12 Jackson Park 55 Highland Golf Dr, 801 Glover Street, Flat Rock, NC 28731 Hendersonville, NC 28792 26 The Village Green Cashiers 13 Julian Price Memorial Park, Hwy 107 and Hwy 64, Boone Fork trail Cashiers, NC 28717 Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 299.9, Blowing Rock, NC 28605 27 Trout Lake: Moses Cone Memorial Park 14 Julian Price Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Pkwy, Price Lake Blowing Rock, NC 28605 Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 298, Blowing Rock, NC 28605 2 28 Valle Crucis Community Park 30 Wesley’s Park 2892 Broadstone Rd., Banner Elk, NC 573 NE Main St, Franklin, NC 28734 29 Walton Trail, Nantahala 31 White Oak Bottoms at Standing National Forest Indian Campground 8100 Conlys Creek Rd., Off Forest Development Rd 67, Franklin, Bryson City, NC 28713 NC 28734 Piedmont Wetland Sites 32 Abbotts Creek Trail Greenway 44 Clemmons Educational South end of Dunn Rd, State Forest Raleigh, NC 27614 2256 Old US Hwy 70 W, Clayton, NC 27520 33 Apex Nature Park 2600 Evans Road, Apex, NC 27502 45 Conover City Park 361 5th Ave SE, Conover, NC 28613 34 Beaver Marsh Preserve Cascadilla St, Durham, NC 27704 46 Courtland Park 1101 Courtland Ave., 35 Bicentennial Greenway Reidsville, NC 27320 at Gibson Park 5207 W Wendover Ave, 47 Crooked Run Wildlife Jamestown, NC 27282 Management Area NC 39 Hwy N, Henderson, NC 36 Blum Park Constructed Wetlands NE 25th St, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 48 Duke Stream + Wetland Assessment Management 37 Bog Garden at Benjamin Park Park (SWAMP) 1101 Hobbs Road, 3001 Cameron Blvd, Durham, NC 27705 Greensboro, NC 27405 49 Eagle Spur Trail 38 Boone’s Cave County Park Stagecoach Rd, Durham NC 27713 3553 Boones Cave Rd, Lexington, NC 27295 50 Embro Game Land Embro-Odell Rd. (NC-1509), 39 Brinkleyville Game Land Macon, NC 27551 29220 NC-561, Enfield, NC 27823 51 Flat Branch Nature Preserve 40 Brumley Nature Preserve 11600 Tom Short Rd, 3650 Old State Hwy 10, Charlotte, NC 28277 Durham, NC 27705 52 Fred Fletcher Park 41 Buffaloe Rd Athletic Park 820 Clay St, Raleigh, NC 27605 5812 Buffaloe Rd, Raleigh, NC 27616 53 Glenn C. Hilton, 42 Cary Greenway—Higgins Jr. Memorial Park 129 Danforth Dr, Cary, NC 27511 2000 6th St NW, Hickory, NC 28601 43 Catawba College Ecological 54 Haw River State Park Preserve 339 Conference Center Drive, 2300 W Innes Street, Browns Summit, NC 27214 Salisbury, NC 28144 3 Piedmont Wetlands Sites 55 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 70 Legend Park 2616 Kildaire Farm Rd, 550 City Road, Clayton, NC, 27520 Cary, NC 27511 71 Mallard Creek Greenway 56 Historic Yates Mill County Park 235 E Mallard Creek Church Rd, 4620 Lake Wheeler Road, Charlotte, NC 28262 Raleigh, NC 27603 72 Mason Farms Biological Reserve 57 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve University of North Carolina at Chapel 2928 Horse Shoe Farm Rd, Raleigh, NC Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 58 Jordan Gameland—Beaver Creek 73 McAlpine Creek Greenway 1309 New Hill Olive Chapel Rd, 11817 Johnston Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226 Apex, NC 27502 74 McAlpine Creek Park 59 Jordan Gameland— 8711 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28212 Lower Little Creek Farrington Rd, Chapel Hill NC 27517 75 McDowell Nature Preserve 15222 York Rd, Charlotte, NC 28278 60 Jordan Gameland— New Hope Creek 76 Milburnie Park Neuse River Trail 1918 W NC 54, Durham NC 27707 5428 Allen Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610 61 Jordan Gameland— 77 Morrow Mountain State Park Northeast Creek 49104 Morrow Mountain Rd., Albemarle, NC 28001 515 O’Kelly Chapel Rd, Cary, NC 27713 62 Jordan Gameland 4 Stagecoach 78 Nat Greene Trailhead 4463 Old Battleground Rd, 3877 Stagecoach Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410 Durham NC 27713 63 Jordan Gameland Upper 79 New Hope Bottomlands Trail Little Creek 3751 SW Durham Dr, Durham, NC 27707 6083 George King Rd, Durham, NC 27707 80 Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge 64 Kirk Farm Park Boardwalk 5770 U.S. Highway 52 North, Wadesboro, NC 28170 235 E Mallard Creek Church Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262 81 Prairie Ridge Ecostation 65 Lake Crabtree Pk 1671 Gold Star Dr, Raleigh, NC 27607 1400 Aviation Pkwy, 82 Purple Martin Greenway Trail Morrisville, NC 27560 Skyline Dr, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 66 Lake Johnson Park 83 Raleigh Greenway 4601 Avent Ferry Rd, at Bluffs View Dr Raleigh, NC 27606 Bluffs View Drive, Raleigh NC 27610 67 Lake Katharine Wetland 84 Raleigh Greenway Crabtree at Reynolda Gardens Creek Trail 100 Reynolda Village, 2380 Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604 Winston-Salem, NC 27106 85 Raleigh Greenway Rock 68 Lake Lynn Quarry Rd 7921 Ray Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613 1400 Rock Quarry Rd., 69 Lake Raleigh Raleigh, NC 27610 Raleigh, NC 27606 4 Piedmont Wetland Sites 86 RibbonWalk Nature Preserve 95 Swift Creek Bluffs 4601 Nevin Rd, Charlotte, NC 28269 Nature Preserve 7800 Holly Springs Rd, 87 Richardson-Taylor Preserve Raleigh, NC 27606 350 Plainfield Rd, Greensboro, NC 27455 96 Tanglewood Park 4061 Clemmons Rd, 88 Riverbend Park Clemmons, NC 27012 6700 North NC 16 Highway, Conover, NC 28613 97 Turnipseed Nature Preserve 7100 Hunt Valley Trail, 89 Robertson Millpond Preserve Wendell, NC 27591 6333 Robertson Pond Road, Wendell, NC 27591 98 Uwharrie National Forest US Forest Service Rd 576, 90 Sandy Creek Game Land Troy, NC 27371 11566 Sumler Rd, Castalia, NC 27816 99 WakeMed Soccer Park 91 Sandy Creek Park 201 Soccer Park Dr, Cary, NC 27511 3510 Sandy Creek Dr, Durham, NC 27707 100