ERA-Owned Nature Preserves

Address: Neighborhood access only Hours: Dawn to Dusk The Eno River Association’s Blue Indigo Preserve is 23 acres of rare diabase plant habitat in the Lower Eno. This preserve has two quarter-mile neighborhood trails, one located on Stanley Road in Durham and the other on Old Oxford Road in Durham.  Since 2003 the Eno River […]

Address: 4214 Highland Farm Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Hours: Dawn to Dusk, 7 days a week Amenities and Attractions:  Two Forks Trail, 1.75 miles, easy to moderate difficulty Sheppard Mill Trail, 0.5 miles, easy difficulty Parking Area Large Open-Air Pavilion Pollinator Gardens  Chimney Swift Tower Remnants of former mill Expansive open fields and mature forest […]