Last updated 11:50am on July 16, 2025.
Due to the impacts of Tropical Depression Chantal, several parks, preserves, and trails along the Eno River have been closed as staff work to assess the damage.
We do not recommend swimming in, drinking from, eating fish from, or touching the water in the Eno River at this time due to recent, but no longer active, discharge of wastewater into the Eno River in Hillsborough and Durham.
Currently, the parks and trails in and near the Eno River that are closed include (but are not limited to):
|
Trail |
Park/Preserve |
Status |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
All trails |
Blue Indigo Preserve |
Open | |
|
All trails |
Penny’s Bend† |
Open |
Some trail sections have been damaged but are safe enough to reopen. |
|
All trails |
Panther Branch Natural Area |
Open | |
|
Poplar Bend Cut-Through |
Confluence Natural Area |
Closed | |
|
Poplar Bend Loop |
Confluence Natural Area |
Closed | |
|
All trails |
West Point on the Eno City Park* |
Closed | |
|
All trails |
Eno River State Park** |
Closed | |
|
All trails |
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area** |
Closed | |
|
Segment 9 |
Mountains to Sea Trail*** |
Closed | |
|
Western 25 miles of Segment 10 |
Mountains to Sea Trail*** |
Closed | |
|
All trails |
River Forest Park* |
Closed | |
|
All trails |
Old Farm Road Park* |
Closed | |
|
Little River Lake* |
Closed | ||
|
Lake Michie* |
Closed | ||
|
Gold Park^ |
Closed | ||
|
Hillsborough Riverwalk^ |
Closed | ||
|
Kings Highway Park^ |
Closed |
This is not a comprehensive list of closures. For more information on parks and preserves not managed by the Eno River Association (ERA), visit the website for each respective park or preserve.
While the ERA often works with sister organizations or agencies to steward lands throughout the watershed, we are not responsible for the closures of parks that are not owned by the ERA. Parks/preserves not owned nor managed by the ERA are indicated as follows:
* City of Durham Parks and Recreation
** NC State Parks
*** Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail
^ Town of Hillsborough
† N.C. Botanical Garden
