Just a short drive out of Raleigh is the pine-scented haven of William B. Umstead State Park, or just Umstead State Park for short. Nestled between Raleigh, Cary, and Durham in Wake County, this ...

If you're looking for a quick and easy opportunity to explore nature with kids of all ages, put Oak Rock Trail at Umstead Park on your list. The 0.6 mile trail not far from Umstead Park's Glenwood ...

Judging from the number of Jersey-tagged cars with loaded bike racks we saw during our drive down to and while in North Carolina, many of you may already be familiar with the trails we rode this past ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of all the miles of trails that traverse William B. Umstead State Park, not one is available to off-road mountain bikers. Wake ...

A section of greenway trail opened in North Raleigh late this summer, part of a long-anticipated link between William B. Umstead State Park and the rest of the city’s greenway system. But that ...

Kids in Parks is an Asheville-based group that's putting together a network of family-friendly outdoor adventures called TRACK Trails across the country at local and state parks. The group recently ...

The massive tree fell in 2017 and a ranger commissioned chainsaw artists to carve woodland creatures on the trunk, creating a ...

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Troy Brengle of Raleigh is a self-described nature enthusiast who likes to hike barefoot. He believes the one good thing about North Carolina's stay-at-home order is that ...

A man rides the popular mountain bike trails at Lake Crabtree County Park in a file photo from 2014. Wake County has leased the land from the airport for decades for a nominal fee. TRAVIS LONG ...