Things to Do
What can we go do? Looking for somewhere to go when there isn't a festival or concert on the calendar? Explore parks, trails, the Haw River, markets, museums, and easy outings around Alamance County, plus a few places worth the drive.
Outdoors & Trails The Haw River Parks & Playgrounds Farmers Markets Arts & Culture History & Museums Free & Cheap Worth the Drive Woods, meadows, and miles of trail, from easy loops to longer hikes.
Park · Snow Camp Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area A county nature park in the Cane Creek Mountains, with miles of hiking trail through rolling hills, creeks, and rock outcrops, and some of the best views in Alamance County. The packed-gravel Longleaf Loop works for strollers. Outdoors Walking Park · Burlington Cedarock Park A 500-acre county park on a historic farm, with hiking trails, a waterfall over an old mill dam, two disc golf courses, a fishing pond, a playground, a restored 1800s farmstead, and plenty of open field. Easy to spend a whole day. Kids Outdoors Walking Park · Burlington Great Bend Park at Glencoe Over a mile of riverfront and wooded trail on the Haw, with a bridge over the old mill race to an overlook of the Glencoe Mill Dam. A short walk away is Glencoe Mill Village, one of the best-preserved mill villages in North Carolina. Outdoors Walking Paddling See all 4 →
Walk along it, paddle it, or just sit by it for a while.
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Local produce, baked goods, and a good reason to be up early on Saturday.
Market · Carrboro Worth the Drive · about 35 min Carrboro Farmers' Market One of the region's best-known markets, where everything is grown or made within 50 miles by the farmers and artisans themselves: produce, pasture-raised meats, eggs, cheese, bread, pastries, pottery, and more, at Carrboro Town Commons. Free Outdoors Market · Mebane Downtown Mebane Farmers Market A city-run market in downtown Mebane beside the Downtown Pocket Park, with produce, meats, cheese, mushrooms, honey, flowers, and handmade goods from area farms and makers, plus makers markets and a free kids' produce club. Kids Free Outdoors Market · Elon Elon Farmers Market A producer-centered market in the heart of Elon, going since 2007: local produce, eggs, pasture-raised meats, baked goods, flowers, and handmade goods, with Elon students sometimes playing music or selling alongside the farmers. Free Outdoors Galleries, theater, and creative spaces around the county.
Battlefields, old mills, and the stories behind the places you drive past.
Good sources for the details We tell you what a place is like and who it's good for. For current hours, fees, reservations, closures, and rules, the people who run these places are the best source:
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