Love the Land Hikes

Join the Coastal Land Trust for Love the Land Hikes on February 14th from 10:30 – 11:30 am! There will be six different locations to choose from — you decide where you’d like to celebrate your love for the land. Each opportunity will include a morning spent with a Coastal Land Trust staff member and a local expert, who will lead a guided hike on one of the stunning, protected lands along our coast. These free hikes are the Coastal Land Trust’s way of sharing our love for the land…and you!

Discover the locations below – no need to sign up!

  • Brunswick Nature Park in partnership with We Live Here Leland 
    • Hike Leaders: Lauren Waibel (Volunteer and Trails Coordinator) with Trish Farnham of We Live Here Leland
    • Address: 2601 River Rd SE, Winnabow, NC 28479
    • Distance: 1.5 miles
    • Difficulty: moderate; occasional steep incline and uneven terrain
    • Parking/Directions: After entering the park, drive all the way to the end of the gravel road and park in the loop. We will meet here.
    • No dogs allowed
  • Everett Creek Preserve
    • Hike Leaders: Bryce Tholen (Environmental Education and Stewardship Coordinator) with UNCW professor Rob Hart
    • Address: 333 Betty Dixon Rd, Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
    • Distance: 1.75 miles
    • Difficulty: Moderate
    • Parking/Directions: Bryce will be at the gate to direct you in; parking will be a gravel lot on the left. (Note: Google Maps suggests 273 Betty Dixon Rd, Sneads Ferry 28460)
    • No dogs allowed
  • Gales Creek Preserve
    • Hike Leaders: Mellissa Dionesotes (Land and Stewardship Manager) with Tom Hussmann, Executive Director of Camp Albemarle
    • Address: 145 Eckerd Rd, Newport, NC 28570 (Albemarle in the Pines administrative building)
    • Distance: 1.25 miles
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Parking/Directions: To get here, take 9 Mile Rd and turn on to Sam Hatcher Rd. Drive roughly 1.3 miles down the road and turn right where it dead-ends. The building will be on your left, follow signs to the parking area.
    • No dogs allowed
  • Bern Preserve
    • Hike Leaders: Kenneth Lingerfelt (Director of Land Protection), with Forester Tim Tabak
    • Address: Across the street from 2125 and 2127 Perrytown Loop Rd, New Bern, NC 28562
    • Distance: 1.7 miles
    • Difficulty: Moderate; flat with uneven terrain
    • Parking/Directions: Turn left onto Perrytown Loop Rd and continue for 0.2 miles (just past 2125 Mailbox) before turning right onto the preserve’s gated soil access road. Proceed through the gate on the soil entrance road to an open area used for parking.
    • No dogs allowed
    • Additional opportunity: immediately following the hike, those interested are invited to drive to a different location within the property to observe red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) nesting cavity installations.
  • Springer’s Point Preserve
    • Hike Leaders: Jesica Blake (Associate Director) with Peter Vankevich
    • Address: 104 Loop Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960
    • Distance: >1 mile
    • Difficulty: Moderate; occasional sandy/wet terrain
    • Parking/Directions: No parking; bike racks on site. We will meet at the entrance.
    • No dogs allowed
  • Jubilee Farms (Privately Owned Property)
    • Hike Leader: Brian Rubino (Northeast Region Director)
    • Address: 541 Poplar Neck Rd, Edenton, NC 27932
    • Distance: 1.7 miles
    • Difficulty: Easy
    • Parking/Directions: The site is on the north side of NC 32 and there will be at least 2 signs on either side of the gravel access road (gate will be open). Parallel Parking is on the right side of the gravel access road through the gate. Please pull the car all the way up in front and there is a turn-around on the way out.
    • No dogs allowed

We will provide weather updates on Friday 2/13 by 12:00 pm. In the meantime, please contact Bryce Tholen at Bryce@CoastalLandTrust.org for general questions.

We can’t wait to love the land with you!