Merchants Millpond Hike

When
17 Feb 2024
9:15 AM - 2:00 PM
Location
Merchants Millpond State Park, 9100, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville, NC 27938, USA

When: Saturday, Feb 17, 2024

Where: Merchants Millpond State Park, 176 Mill Pond Rd, Gatesville, NC 27938, USA (map) Description: Approximately 7-mile hike on the Lassiter Trail with water views of cypress swamps including many cypress trees and some long leaf pines along the way, flat to rolling terrain in Eastern North Carolina near Sunbury. This is a dog friendly hike. We will hike ~7-miles, mostly flat Lassiter Trail from the Visitors Center. More information about the park is available at the website: https://www.ncparks.gov/merchants-millpond-state-park

Directions: Please use the (map) function above for turn-by-turn directions to the park. From U.S. 158 go ~ one mile South on Millpond Rd. Visitors Center parking lot will be on your left. Meet: At the Visitors Center Parking lot. Please arrive by 9:15 for registration; the hike begins at 9:30. Restrooms are available at the Visitors Center.

Bring: Lunch, water, snacks, comfortable hiking shoes, appropriate clothing for the weather. We will eat lunch at picnic tables if we can but bring a plastic bag to sit on just in case. Email
updates will be sent if needed.

For questions/additional information and to sign-up, email Bill at: bbunch@att.net

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Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club (TATC)

P.O. Box 8246

Norfolk, VA 23503

www.tidewateratc.com

The "Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club" is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

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