COVID-19 information for parks (Updated 2/26/2021)
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PARKING
If you arrive and a parking lot is full, that area is closed to further traffic. Waiting in line is not permitted. Parking on road shoulders is prohibited. To avoid crowds, please plan your visit on a weekday.
If the road to the summit is closed to uphill traffic, you may park at the new visitor center or visit another park access area. Learn more information about parking areas and alternate locations nearby that you can visit when the park is full »
SHUTTLE
March- November on weekends and holidays you may drive the road to the summit when the park opens until the road closes to uphill traffic. A shuttle service will be on site to transport visitors to the summit lot and back. https://ncparks.gov/pilot-mountain-state-park/home#notices
VISITOR CENTER:
The visitor center gift shop and exhibit hall are open with a max capacity of 25 people. Restrooms are open at the new visitor center in the breezeway and at the summit parking lot.
CAMPGROUND:
Family Campground season is March 15th-November 30th. Reservations may be made by calling ReserveAmerica at 1-877-722-6762 during call center hours or online through ReserveAmerica until 9 pm on the day of arrival.
FACE COVERINGS
Masks are required to visit the gift shop and exhibit hall in the visitor center. Masks are required on trails if you are within 6 feet of anyone not from your household. Please wear a mask over nose and mouth when required. Park Rangers may write citations for failure to follow an executive order if individuals refuse to wear a mask when required.
Please note that this alert is updated only when something changes. Generally, state parks are following the phased reopening statewide.
Last updated on: Thursday, March 4, 2021March - November on weekends and holidays you may drive the road to the summit when the park opens until the road closes to uphill traffic. A shuttle service will be on site to transport visitors from the visitor center to the summit lot and back. https://www.ncparks.gov/pilot-mountain-state-park/home#notices
Last updated on: Thursday, March 4, 2021
1792 Pilot Knob Park Road
Pinnacle, NC 27043
134 Culler Road
Pinnacle, NC 27043
622 Hauser Road
Pinnacle, NC 27043
382 Boyd Nelson Road
Pinnacle, NC 27043
103 Yadkin River Park Trail
Pinnacle, NC 27043
4240 Shoals Road
East Bend, NC 27018
4454 Shoals Road
East Bend, NC 27018
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8:00am to 4:00pm
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9:00am to 5:00pm
Each of North Carolina’s state parks has special events during the year and news about facilities, trails, staff and park supporters. And, visitors are frequently finding new ways to explore a park’s unique cultural and natural resources. Check these pages to keep abreast of the news at your favorite parks.
UNC School of Media and Journalism students produced a segment for UNC-TV that looks at how drones are used by researchers and park staff at Pilot Mountain State Park to track animal population.
Learn more about the scheduled prescribed burns at Pilot Mountain throughout the year.
Pilot Mountain State Park uses prescribed fire or controlled burns as a management tool to restore healthy forest and grassland communities and to reduce woody fuel in the event of a wildfire. Historically, most areas of the landscape of the Piedmont of North Carolina experienced low to moderate severity fires from lightning on average once every five years. Information gathered from fire scars and tree rings on Pilot Mountain indicate that fire was at least that frequent on the exposed portions of the mountain.
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