Ask a Ranger: Edible Plants
CLOSED TODAY
Contact the park
919-676-1027
falls.lake@ncparks.gov
Addresses
Visitor center
13304 Creedmoor Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 36.0116, -78.6888
Beaverdam
14600 Creedmoor Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 36.0362, -78.6850
B.W. Wells campground
1630 Bent Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 35.9861, -78.6315
Highway 50
13900 Creedmoor Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 36.0216, -78.6902
Holly Point campground
14424 New Light Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 36.0100, -78.6575
Rolling View
4201 Baptist Road
Durham, NC 27703
GPS: 36.0085, -78.7291
Sandling Beach
14601 Creedmoor Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 36.0423, -78.6984
Shinleaf campground
13708 New Light Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
GPS: 35.9938, -78.6595
Hours
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- November to February:
8:00am to 6:00pm
- March to April:
8:00am to 8:00pm
- May to August:
8:00am to 9:00pm
- September to October:
8:00am to 8:00pm
- Closed Christmas Day
- Not all day-use areas are open year-round. Please check the park's operating season schedule for dates.
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- All campground gates have 24-hour access when the campground is operating.
- Please check the park's operating season schedule for dates.
- Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
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- September 3, 2019
to April 11, 2020:
Open Monday to Friday:
8:00am to 5:00pm
closed on state holidays
- April 12, 2020 to
September 7, 2020:
Open daily:
8:00am to 5:00pm
Operating season
Ask a Ranger: Edible Plants
Common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
Stone Mountain State Park, J. Mickey
Chicory, Cichorium intybus
Gorges State Park, K. Bischof
Yellow woodsorrel, Oxalis stricta
William B. Umstead State Park, J. Phillips
Smooth sumac, Rhus glabra
Pilot Mountain State Park, J. Mickey
Acorns of a white oak, Quercus alba
Stone Mountain State Park, J. Mickey
Longleaf pine tree, Pinus palustris
Goose Creek State Park, K. Bischof
About the Ask a Ranger Podcast
Ranger Crystal and Ranger Jess host the North Carolina State Parks Ask a Ranger Podcast series. Their guest this episode is Ranger Neil Phipps from Falls Lake State Recreation Area.
Email them at askaranger@ncparks.gov.
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