Mingo Creek Trail begins at the Neuse River Greenway Trail on the west bank of the Neuse River. It goes east crossing the river then follows the Mingo Creek through Mingo Creek Park.
It continues east on the other side of the park and ends near Knightdale Station Park close to the center of town.
Within the park, there is a scenic tree tunnel
… and also a bike repair station and bike rack.
The Blue trail begins at the gravel parking lot and travels among the trees.
It continues for a distance on a long wood plank bridge through a low lying area.
At the side of the trail, is a clearing.
Also there are less trees before returning to more dense forest.
The trail gains elevation then forks to form a loop on the hillside.
Big Poplar Trail meanders among trees in the J. C. Cooper Campground at Satterwhite Point where it begins and ends.
With the leaf covered trail in the foreground, Kerr Lake is visible beyond the tree trunks in the background.
The trail continues through the woods passing the the remains of fallen trees.
There are red trail markers to guide hikers along the way.
Mine Creek Trail in Raleigh is adjacent to the lake within Shelley Lake Park.
The trail begins at the Crabtree Creek Trail intersection following Mine Creek towards Shelley Lake Park then splits into two forks. The east fork heads to Honeycutt Park with two intermediate road sections and the west fork heads to Sawmill Road.
Around the lake there is Shelley Lake Trail that connects and overlaps a section of the Mine Creek Trial.
The circumferential lake trail uses the top of the man made dam which also holds the water flowing in Mine Creek to form the lake.
The trail also has many bridges crossing contributory streams entering the lake.
Along the way there are many scenic views of the lake from the trail.
The Durham State Park located within the Durham Central Park in downtown has a variety of features.
The multi-level skate park has launch boxes and floating quarter pipe.
By the building, there are also stairwells with handrails and an eight-foot trog bowl.
Although most people think of electric vehicles as cars, they also include bikes, scooters, skateboards and roller skates. On Electric Vehicle Day celebrate by getting out and riding one.
The Endor Iron Furnace Greenway in Sanford named after the famous iron furnace that produced pig iron.
The greenway starts on Wicker Street one side of the park and meanders along the Skunk Creek then the Big Buffalo Creek to the other side of the park.
It continues following mostly the Big Buffalo Creek to the Donald Buie Memorial Trailhead a couple miles away.
Within the park there are multiple trail loops that connect to the greenway and vary in size from a small one …
to a large one around a big open area.
This annual event began in 2016 to celebrate the sidewalk. The usefulness of the concrete, and sometimes asphalt, route instead of a dirt single track alongside the road is routinely unnoticed. Sidewalks are used for all active mobility activities so make a point to use a sidewalk while having fun sometime during the day.
The Moccasin Branch Access Multi-Use Trails are for mountain biking primarily and hiking secondarily with each activity going in opposite directions in the interconnected loops. There are three loops, beginner, intermediate and advanced, that snake their way through the woods of Raven Rock.
Starting from the grass parking lot, the beginner trail has both forest an bush surroundings.
Before becoming stone covered trails within a deciduous forest …
… or dirt in a coniferous forest. The intermediate and advanced trails are separate loops farther away from the parking lot that start and finish on the beginner loop.
This trail is a main way for people using active mobility to commute to work at the nearby companies in Research Triangle Park. The trail begins at the Park Center and heads south along the western side of Davis Drive then connects to the Davis Drive Multi-Use Path in Morrisville. After a lengthy gap, it continues in Cary as the Davis Drive Street Side Trail.
Within the park, the route separates from Davis Drive a few times and goes through the adjacent forest.
Even when the trail follows Davis Drive, it meanders with the terrain.
