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Join us for a special partner program with the NC Science Trail!
Join us at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park for our StoryWalk.
Self-guided scavenger hunts available at select state parks
Did you know next year our country is going to be 250 years old? Come out to Lake Norman to visit one of A250's traveling exhibits, Making Our Voices Heard.

Merchants Millpond State Park, located in Gates County just 10 miles south of North Carolina’s northeastern border with Virginia, is a peaceful escape into a wetland world shaped by a 190-year-old, 760-acre millpond.

Join us in celebrating the 2025 NCSciFest theme "Science: Everyday, Everywhere, Everyone"! We are hosting a self-guided scavenger hunt using the Goosechase application. Take a hike along Nuwati Trail or Daniel Boone Scout Trail to try to find all the items and get a chance to win some prizes!

Join us at Jones Lake State Park for a StoryWalk© inside the visitor center, featuring "Juneteenth for Mazie" by Floyd Cooper.
Join us at Lake Norman State Park for a StoryWalk© along the Fiddlehead Trail, featuring "Flowers are Pretty Weird" by Rosemary Mosco and illustrated by Jacob Souva.
Read a story while you go for a hike!

As part of Girl Scouts Love State Parks, earn your Girl Scout Tree Promise badge by learning the Girl Scout Tree Promise from a Park Ranger, and protecting and honoring trees by collecting citizen science data in the iNaturalist app.