North Carolina State Parks, Gardens, and Places for Children 

Nearby N.C. State Parks

Eno River State Park
Durham  (919) 383-1686
Scenic wilderness corridor encompasses river, historic homestead and mill sites, extensive trail system. Nearly 21 miles of hiking trails, five backpack campsites, one backpack group campsite. Interpretive programs, picnic shelter. Canoe access, river fishing.

Falls Lake State Recreational Area
Wake Forest  (919) 676-1027
Expansive reservoir and woodlands, habitat for diversity of animals, including American bald eagles. More than 400 campsites: 176 tent, trailer and recreational vehicle campsites with hookups; 99 tent, trailer and recreational vehicle campsites without hookups; 89 backpack campsites; 18 group tent campsites; showers, dump stations. More than 20 picnic shelters. Interpretive programs, lake fishing and swimming, 10 boat ramps, privately operated marina nearby. Lakeside trail: 12 miles of hiking trails, more than six miles of bicycling trails.

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
Apex  (919) 362-0586
Popular 13,900-acre reservoir, scenic vistas of lake and shoreline, home to American bald eagles. Lake fishing and swimming, 32 boat ramps, privately operated marina nearby. More than 1,000 tent, trailer and recreational vehicle campsites, 690 sites with hookups; showers; dump stations; 24 backpack campsites; 11 group tent campsites, group trailer campsite. Ten picnic shelters, 16 miles of hiking trails.

William B. Umstead State Park
Raleigh  (919) 571-4170
Hardwood forest oasis in urban Triangle region, creeks, lakes, extensive trail network with scenic overlooks. Nearly 30 tent and trailer campsites; showers; two group tent campsites; two group campsites with cabins and kitchen. Nearly 20 miles of hiking trails, including nearly 13 miles of bridle and bicycle trails. Lake fishing, rowboat and canoe rentals. Four picnic shelters, visitor center, exhibit hall, interpretive programs.

Gardens

Durham Magic Wings Butterfly House
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
Durham (919) 984-3698
Magic Wings is one of only ten “total immersion” butterfly houses in the country. Among our most popular attractions, Magic Wings is a thrill for visitors of all ages. A 17,000 square-foot building with a dramatic 30-foot-high conservatory, Magic Wings is among the largest butterfly houses in the world.

Sarah Duke Gardens and Duke University Chapel
Durham (919) 684-3698/684-2572
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, often spoken of as the "Crown Jewel of Duke University," occupies 55 acres in the heart of the University's West Campus, adjacent to Duke University Medical Center.
It is recognized as one of the premier public gardens in the United States, renowned both for landscape design and the quality of horticulture, each year attracting more than 300,000 visitors from all over the world.
Duke University Chapel is gothic in design patterned after the original Canterbury Cathedral. A 210-foot tower soars skyward, housing a fifty-bell carillon. A 5,000-pipe organ was built into the rear of the nave several decades after the chapel’s construction. Sunlight streams through 77 stained glass windows.

Coker Arboretum
Chapel Hill (919) 962-2211
Coker Arboretum (5.3 acres) is an arboretum within the North Carolina Botanical Garden on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is open daily without charge. The arboretum was established in 1903 by Dr. William Chambers Coker, the university's first professor of botany, who loved East Asian species and added many throughout the 1920s into the 1940s, including conifers and one Metasequoia, as well as daffodils and daylilies.

North Carolina Botanical Gardens
Chapel Hill (919) 962-2211
The North Carolina Botanical Garden is a "conservation garden." Their guiding mission is “to inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens and natural areas and to advance a sustainable relationship between people and nature.”

Fun Things to do with your children

Morehead Planetarium
Chapel Hill (919) 962-1236
Located in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill on the campus of The University of North Carolina, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center offers dazzling multimedia star shows, interactive exhibits featuring current science research and an array of classes, lectures, camps and other special events year-round. Whether you’re 8 or 80, fun and discovery await you at Morehead. Are you curious? 
www.moreheadplanetarium.org

Triangle SportsPlex
Hillsboro (919) 644-0339
The Triangle SportsPlex is one of North Carolina's largest recreational facilities. With 90,000 square feet of space, the Triangle SportsPlex is one of only two facilities in the United States to offer an ice arena, aquatics center, and a fitness center all under one roof.
www.trianglesportsplex.com 

Museum of Life and Science
Durham (919) 220-5429
A one-of-a-kind experience indoors and out. The Museum’s 70+ acre campus is home to hundreds of interactive exhibits, including one of the East Coast’s largest butterfly conservatories; a nature park with bears, wolves and lemurs; a giant radio-controlled sailboat pond; and a railroad – just to name a few.
www.ncmls.org

NC Museum of Art (Raleigh)
Raleigh (919) 833-1935
Throughout the year, the Museum hosts special exhibitions in its changing galleries. These limited-engagement exhibitions include traveling shows hosted by the Museum, exhibitions organized by the Museum's Curatorial Department, special showings from the Museum permanent collection and presentations of student works of art created through the Museum's educational programs 
www.ncartmuseum.org 

NC Museum of History (Raleigh) 
Raleigh (919) 807-7900
Since its founding in 1902, the North Carolina Museum of History has been an exciting place to explore. The museum encourages visitors to discover the past, reflect on their own lives and their place in history, and preserve state, regional, and local history for future generations.
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org 

NC Museum of Natural Sciences (Raleigh)
Raleigh (919) 733-7450 
102 North Salisbury Street
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. Through exhibits, programs and field experiences, visitors are provided with opportunities to get up close and personal with science and nature.
www.naturalsciences.org 

Frankie’s Fun Park (Raleigh) 
Raleigh (919) 433-7888
Frankie's of Raleigh serves up Great Rides, Great Food and Great Times. Go-Karts, Miniature Golf, Bumper Boats, Amusement Rides, Laser Tag, Batting Cages and an awesome Arcade are part of our mega mix of fun.
www.frankiesfunpark.com 

Duke Lemur Center (Durham) 
Durham (919) 489-3364
Duke Lemur Center studies and cares for more lemurs than any other institution. They have done that for longer, with more lemurs, and with more different species of lemur than any other institution in the world. They want to know everything there is to know about lemurs, so they can do everything possible to save these amazing, endangered animals.
The Lemur Center is open to the public by appointment only. All visitors must be on a guided tour led by a staff member or docent. It is not possible to "just stop by and see the animals." Visits can be arranged Monday through Saturday by calling the Center at 919/489-3364 x 0. During the spring and summer months it is not unusual for all of the tours to be booked up to two weeks in advance so you should make your plans early!
lemur.duke.edu

North Carolina Weather

The state experiences four distinct seasons with temperatures warmer on the coast than in the mountainous western part of the state. The higher elevations have brilliant fall color and snow throughout the winter.

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