Minutes from Durham, the Eno River State Park offers more than 3900 acres of natural resources and miles of trails proximate to the Eno River. The valley of the river is narrow and steep walled. The Eno River rolls through wilderness, passing historic mill sites, river bluffs covered with flowering shrubs, and fords used by early settlers.

For outings farther afield, Durham is about 3 hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Linville Gorge, and about 2 hours from state parks featuring sporadic (smaller) mountains to the west. We are about 2.5 hours from the nearest beach. The NC outerbank have long stretches of protected national  seashore.

1. •Eno River State Park
   

2. •Duke Forest
   

3. •Umstead State Park
   

4. •Outer Banks
   

5. •Blue Ridge Parkway
   

6. •Pisgah National Forest
   

7. •Duke Gardens
   

8. •North Carolina Botanical Garden
   

9. •JC Raulston Arboretum
   

10. •American Tobacco Trail
    

11. •SEEDS, NC

There are also a large number of interesting sights a which are reasonable day or weekend trips from the triangle.

1. •Baltimore House
   

2. •Seagrove Pottery
   

3. •Penland School of Crafts
   

4. •Old Salem
   

5. •Charleston, SC
   

6. •North Carolina Zoo
   

7. •Asheville, NC
   

8. •Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden (Charlotte)
   

9. •Asheville Botanical Gardens
   

10. •NC Wine Country
    

11. •Ocracoke, NC